392 PODICIPEDID^ : GREBES. 



even in Massachusetts, according to Allen. It is not 

 known to breed with us, but the same authority speaks 

 of a specimen in full breeding plumage taken the third 

 week in May in Springfield, Mass. ; and Brewer marks 

 the bird as a summer resident in northern New England. 

 Merriam speaks of several Connecticut cases, and the 

 bird is to be regarded as a regular visitant, far from rare, 

 though less numerous than our two smaller representa- 

 tives of the family. 



HORNED GREBE. 



PODICIPES CORNUTUS {Gift.) Lath. 



Chars. Tarsus about equal to the middle toe without its claw ; 

 bill much shorter than head, little more than half the tarsus, 

 compressed, higher than wide at the nostrils, rather obtuse ; 

 crests and ruffs highly developed. Small : length about 14.00 ; 

 extent, 24,00 ; wing, 6.00 or less ; bill about 0.75 ; tarsus, 1.75. 

 Adult : above, dark brown, the feathers paler-edged ; below, 

 silvery-white, the sides mixed dusky and reddish ; most of the 

 secondaries white ; fore neck and upper breast, brownish-red ; 

 head glossy black, including the ruff; a broad band over the eye, 

 to and including the occipital crests, brownish-yellow ; bill black, 

 yellow-tipped. The young differ as in other species, but are 

 always recognizable by the above measurements and proportions 

 of parts. 



Chiefly a migrant and winter resident, both along the 

 coast and in the interior, arriving in September and 

 October, and remaining until May — sometimes even 

 through that month. It is given by Brewer as a sum- 

 mer resident in Northern New England, and we have 

 no doubt that this species and the Red-necked Grebe 

 both breed in Maine, although we have no authentic 

 cases of the kind to record. 



