BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 



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HOLBCELL'S GREBE {Colymbus holboelU). 

 Common or local name: Red-necked Grebe. 



WiNTEB. 



SUMMEK. 



Length. — 18 to 20 . 50 inches. 



Adult in Late Spring. — Upper parts dusky; top of head, small crests, 

 nape and back of neck glossy greenish black; chin, throat and sides 

 of head light ashy; front and sides of neck and sometimes upper breast 

 rich chestnut; wings with a white patch; under parts silvery white 

 dappled with darker; sides tinged with reddish brown; bill yellow 

 below at base, black above and toward tip; iris carmine; feet black, 

 yellow inside. 

 Adult in Fall and Winter. — Crests not noticeable; above blackish brown; 

 front and sides of neck pale reddish brown; throat, sides of head and 

 under parts whitish; mostly unspotted below. 

 Young. — Similar, but no reddish brown; neck gray; bill largely yellowish; 



tip dusky. 

 Field Marks. — Largest of the Grebes ; may be distinguished from the 

 smaller Loon by the white wing patch, which shows in flight or when 

 the wing is flapped. 

 Notes. — An explosive kup; exceedingly harsh note, not unlike the voice of an 

 angry crow, but much louder; the calls given more slowly, with singular 

 deliberation; car, car, three or four times, sometimes lengthened to caar, 

 and again broken and quivering, like c-a-a-r or ca-a-a-r (Brewster). 

 Season. — Not uncommon in winter coastwise; October to May. 

 Range. — North America and eastern Asia. Breeds from northwestern 

 Alaska and Ungava south to northern Washington and southwestern 

 Minnesota; winters from southern British Columbia and Maine south 

 to southern California and North Carolina; casual in Georgia. 



