Concord, Mass. 
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1399. As I was paddling out into Great Meadow at about 5 P.M. 
April 14. I saw what I took to be a large Duck floating on the water 
near the head of Beaver Darn rapid. On getting nearer I made 
it out to be a Red-necked Grebe the first I have ever found 
here. It was preening its feathers and paid no attention to 
me until I was within about SO yards, when it stretched up 
its long, slender neck and a moment later took wing, rising 
heavily like a Loon. It circled low over the meadows flying 
very swiftly with its neck extended in front and its legs 
behind looking exceedingly like a Red-throated Diver. Before 
it left the water I saw distinctly that its neck was light or 
faded chesfenut, its throat ashy, its crown dark brown. It 
finally realighted farther up the meadows but when I reached 
the place it had disappeared. 
