. The birds of Europe . ch it rises or falls. The eggs are three or four in number,of a greenish white stained with brown. Their food consists of fish, Crustacea, and aquatic insects. The plumage of this species may be thus described : Crown of the head and occipital tuft or ear-feathersdeep greyish black ; the frill black at its extreme edge, and rich chestnut throughout the greater part of therest of its length, gradually fading off into the white of the cheeks and throat; the whole of the upperplumage brownish black, with a white bar across the wings ; the under surface silvery white, becom
. The birds of Europe . ch it rises or falls. The eggs are three or four in number,of a greenish white stained with brown. Their food consists of fish, Crustacea, and aquatic insects. The plumage of this species may be thus described : Crown of the head and occipital tuft or ear-feathersdeep greyish black ; the frill black at its extreme edge, and rich chestnut throughout the greater part of therest of its length, gradually fading off into the white of the cheeks and throat; the whole of the upperplumage brownish black, with a white bar across the wings ; the under surface silvery white, becomingrufous on the flanks ; the tarsus and toes dark olive green on the upper side, on the under side pale yellow ;bill dark horn colour ; irides red. In winter the plumage resembles that of the summer, except that the richly coloured frill and elongatedear-feathers are wholly wanting. The sexes at either season offer no external differences in the plumage. The figures in the Plate are somewhat less than the natural ■V V-i?\ &3 aa N 3 c a a - b^ rQ i=i = o m s (0 Oh ^ § 1 £ ^ a S RED-NECKED GREBE. Podiceps rubricollis, Grebe jou-gris. Among the European species of Grebes, the Red-necked is intermediate in size between the Crested Grebe{Podiceps cristatus) and the Horned Grebe (Podiceps cornutus). From the former it may be distinguishedby the more partial development of the frill, which, with the whole of the cheeks, are of a light grey, and bythe deep chestnut of the front and sides of the neck; while from the latter it differs in having the red streakpassing through the eye to the occiput in the form of horns, as well as by the grey colour of the frill andcheeks, which in the Podiceps cornutus are black. In point of rarity, particularly in our own climate, it is on an equal footing with the latter, being only anaccidental visiter, though sometimes probably breeding with us. In food, habits and manners this rare bird closely agrees with its congeners, inhabitin
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