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character of the lakes where the Red-necked Grebe 
was seen is precisely similar to that of the broads in 
Norfolk or the meers in Holland. * Mr. Temminck 
has received it from Japan. Mr. Audubon found 
this species along the coast from New York to 
Maine, in winter, and on the Bay of Fundy it was 
met with in spring plumage in May. 
A specimen procured for me by Mr. Selby on the 
Northumbrian coast, late in autumn, has the crown 
and hack of the neck blackish brown, the cheeks, 
chin, and throat, white, the former clouded with 
blackish grey ; the sides of the neck sienna-red, the 
upper parts blackish brown, feathers tipped with 
greyish brown ; the wings of the same colour, ex- 
cept the bend at their junction with the body and 
the greater part of the secondaries, which are white ; 
one or two of the first of the latter, or those nearest 
the outside of the wing, have the tips only white, 
the extent of that colour increasing towards the 
last. The fore part of the lower neek, sides of the 
breast, and flanks, are pale brownish grey ; the 
centre of the breast, the belly, and vent, pure silky 
white. The bill of this bird is proportionally 
stronger than in the other British species. 
* Mr. Dann, quoted from Yarrell. 
