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RED-NECKED GREBE. 



(Podiceps mbricollis.) 



Po. subcristatus J^ascus , guld genis regioneque aurium cinerascen- 

 tibus vel albidis nigro lineatis, colio suhtus pectoreqiie Jerru- 

 gineo-rujis, abdomine romgibusque secundariis albis. 



Subcrested brown Grebe, with the throat, cheeks, and region of 

 the ears greyish or white lineated with black, the neck beneath 

 and breast rusty-red, the abdomen and secondary quills white. 



Podiceps rubricollis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 783. Sabine, Frank. 

 Voy. App. G92. 



Colymbus rubricollis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 592. 



Colymbus subcristatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 590, 



Le Grebe a joues grises, ou la Jougris. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 8. 

 24 1 . Buff. PI. Enl. 931. Temnu man. d'Orn. 465. Id. 2 Ed, 

 726. Cuv. Reg. Anim, 1. 508. 



Red-necked Grebe. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 499. C. Lath. Gen. 

 Syn. 5. 288. Lath. Syn. Sup. 260. pi. 1 18. Lew. Brit, Birds, 

 5. pi. 199. Wale. Syn, 1. pi. 103. Don. Brit. Birds, I. pi. 6. 

 Mont. Orn. Did. 1 . and Supp. Bern. Brit. Birds, 2. 152. 



Young. — Colymbus parotis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 592. Muse. 

 Cart. fas. 1 . pi. 9. 



About seventeen inches in length : the base of the 

 beak is bright yellow, the rest black : the irides are 

 reddish -brown : the forehead, the top of the head and 

 its occipital crest (which is short) are glossy black : 

 the cheeks and throat are mouse-coloured : on the 

 nape is a broad black band : the fore part of the neck, 

 the sides, and top of the breast are bright rjed : the 

 rest of the under parts are white, except the thighs, 

 which are spotted with dusky brown : the secondary 

 quills are white : the hind part of the neck, the back 



