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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Four captured at St. Catherine's Down, in the Isle of 
Wight, on a foggy day in March, 1841.' Wise says 2 that 
it " appears every winter in Christchurch Harbour, and 
may be seen just cresting the waves, as they break under 
the Barton Cliffs. Mr. Rake informs me that specimens 
were killed at Breamore, November, 1855, and again^ 
January, 1856." 
Mr. Hart has specimens obtained in winter plumage 
in January, 1872, and in summer plumage in April, 1877, 
and May, 1883. 
The example in the Winchester College Museum is 
dated Stockbridge, 1883. 
Modern authorities consider it rare in the Isle of 
Wight ; Mr. Poole, of Shanklin, has a specimen shot in 
Brading Harbour. 
286. Podiceps griseigena. Red-necked Grebe. 
An occasional visitor to the coast in winter. 
Mr. Hart, of Christchurch, has obtained specimens in 
winter plumage in October, 1876, and in summer plumage 
in March, 1877, and February, 1879. 
Bury and More mention that several specimens have 
been obtained off the Isle of Wight. 
Mr. W. K. Murrill, of Southsea, wrote as follows to the 
"Field," in January, 1895 : — 
"On December 19th I shot a specimen of that some- 
what rare bird, the red-necked grebe {Podiceps rubri- 
collis), in Langston Harbour. Although so late in the year 
it has still decided remains of the rich chesnut neck of the 
adult in summer." 
^ Bur>'. "Zoologist." 1845. New Forest." 
