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RED-NECKED GREBE. 
the whole of the last winter. Is there any age 
when these accessary plumes become permanent ? 
The Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps rcbricol- 
lis. — Colymbus rubricollis, Gmel. — Grebe jou-yris, 
Temm. — Red-necked Grebe of British authors. — Of 
the habits of many of the Grebes we know compa- 
ratively little, as may be at once seen by looking 
at the descriptions which have been given of them. 
This bird has never come under our own observation 
living. It has not been found breeding in Great 
Britain, and may be considered only as a winter 
visitant. Mr. Yarrell mentions several localities 
on the southern coasts where it has been killed, as 
well as in the fenny countries ; and Mr. Selby 
writes of its tolerably frequent occurrence in North- 
umberland, and considers that being seldom seen 
may rather be attributed to its maritime habits than 
to its real scarcity, for that it is as frequent on the 
coast as the last, during winter and spring. What- 
ever may be the cause, it is certainly not so often 
procured as several of our other species, and we 
have not many observations on its habits ; the most 
recent and interesting being those furnished to 
Mr. Yarrell by Mr. Dann, regarding it in Northern 
Europe. That gentleman writes that it is common 
during the breeding season in the reedy lakes at 
the head of the Bothnian Gulf, and it seems con- 
fined to the vicinity of the coast of the Baltic. The 
