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RED-NECKED GREBE. 
RED-LEGGED GULL.— The young of the Laughing Gull. 
RED-NECKED SANDPIPER. — The young of the Dunlin. 
RED-NECKED GREBE (JPodiceps ruhricollis, Latham.) 
Colymbus rubricollis, Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 529. — Colymbus subcristatus, Ib. 2. p. 590. 
Podiceps rubricollis, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 783. 6. — Flem. Br. Anim. p. 131. — 
Le Grebe a joues grises, Jougrise, Buff. Ois. 8. p. 241. — Temm. Man. d’Orn. 2. 
p. 720 Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. p. 546. — Red-necked Grebe, Arct. Zool. 2. . 
p. 499. C. — Ib. Supp. p. 69. — Lath. Syn. 5. p. 288. 7 lb. Supp. p. 260. t. 
118. — Lewin’s Br. Birds, 5. t. 199 — Wale. Syn. 1. t. 103. — Don. Br. Birds, 1. 
t. 6. — Bewick's Br. Birds, 2. p. 152. — Mont. Orn. Diet, and Supp. 
YOUNG. 
Colymbus Parotis, Sjmrm. Mus. Cast. Das. 1. t. 9. — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 592. — Co- 
limbo Giovana del L’Antiditta Specie. Stor. degl. Ucc. 5. pi. 523. 
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 blackish ; 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 mottled / 
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 eyes, 
and fore part of the neck for above an inch, pale ash colour ; the rest 
of the neck ferruginous-chestnut, mottled with dusky ; from thence to 
the vent white, like satin, mottled on the sides with dusky irregular 
spots ; legs black. 
The description of this rare species we have borrowed from Dr. La- 
tham, who says two of these birds w’ere taken alive in East Kent, in 
April, 1786. He also mentions two other specimens, one killed at 
Teignmouth, in January, the other at Sandwich, in October. This bird 
is supposed to inhabit Denmark or Norway. 
Early in the year 1809, five of these birds were seen together on 
Slapton Ley, four of them were killed, two of which were eaten, or 
attempted to be devoured by the natives ; but finding them extremely 
rank, they threw away the third ; and the fourth fortunately came to 
our hands, through the means of an ornithological friend, the Rev. Mr. 
Holdsworth, who assures us he had frequently observed these birds on 
wing, and from their singular manner of flight, considered them as 
birds he had never before seen ; but it was some time before he could 
procure a specimen. 
The bird in question, although a male, had not the least appearance 
of the rufous neck, and was of course either a young bird, or in its 
winter plumage ; and in that season may be destitute of such mark. 
Some authors have considered this species as belonging to the crested 
grebe, but they cannot possibly have compared them. 
