Plate CCXCVIII. Adult Male, and Young in winter.
Male with the bill about the length of the head, rather slender,
brownish-black, yellow at the base; tarsi and toes greenish-black
externally, yellow on the inner side; two tufts of elongated feathers
behind the eye; feathers on the hind part of the cheeks also
elongated; upper part of head greyish-black, lower part ash-grey, with
a white line from the base of the lower mandible to beyond the eye;
hind part of neck, and upper parts generally, greyish-black, the
feathers edged with paler; edges of wings and outer secondaries white;
fore part and sides of neck rich brownish-red; breast and sides
silvery-white, faintly marked with grey. Young, in winter, with the
bill bright yellow, its ridge dusky; feet as in the adult; upper part
of head blackish-grey; hind neck and upper parts of the same colour,
darker towards the end; edge of wing and outer secondaries
greyish-white, the latter grey towards the end; lower parts
greyish-white.
_Male_, 18-3/4, 32.
During winter, not uncommon from New York to Maine. Breeds in the Fur
Countries. Accidental in the interior.
Podiceps rubricollis, Bonap. Syn. p. 417.
Podiceps rubricollis, Red-necked Grebe, Swains. & Rich. F.
Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 411.
Red-necked Grebe, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 253.
Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps rubricollis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
iii. p. 617; v. v. p. 620.