Crass I, RED NECKED GREBE; 
Podiceps rubricollis. P. sub- Colymbus rubricollis. Gm. 
cristatus fuscus, gula genis Lin. 592. subcristatus. 2d. 
regioneque aurium cineras- _—_- 590. 
centibus, collo subtus pec- Le Grebe a joues grises, ou le 
toreque ferrugineo-rubris, _—- sougris. Hist. d’ois. vill. 241. 
abdomine remigibusque se- Pl. Enl. 931. 
eundariis albis. Lath. Ind. Colymbus Parotis. Mus. Carl- 
orn. 783. id. Syn. v. 288. son. Tab. ix. 
id. Sup. 1. 260. ¢. 118. Arct. Zool. ii. 209. 
[DR. Latham in the first supplement to his Sy- 
nopsis, informs us, that four of these very rare 
birds were taken or killed on the southern coasts 
of the kingdom, in the year 1786. As his de- 
scription is more minute than that given by Mr. 
Pennant in the Arctic Zoology, the editor takes 
the liberty of borrowing it: | 
“ Length eighteen inches; bill nearly two 
inches long ; sides of the base of both mandibles 
for three quarters of an inch, of a fine orange 
yellow, the rest black; lore brown or black- 
ish; irides fine orange red; the crown and sides 
of the head above the eyes nearly black, and 
the feathers a little elongated; the hind part of 
the neck, the back, and wings, dark brown; 
six of the middle secondaries white, a little mot- 
tled with dusky at the tips; the two or three 
next outward ones more or less white near the 
tips and inner webs; the chin, sides under the 
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