. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 41 HOLBCELLS GREBE {Colymbus holboelli).Common or local name: Red-necked Winter. Summer. Length. — 18 to inches. Adult in Late Spring.— Upper parts dusky; top of head, small crests,nape
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 41 HOLBCELLS GREBE {Colymbus holboelli).Common or local name: Red-necked Winter. Summer. Length. — 18 to inches. Adult in Late Spring.— Upper parts dusky; top of head, small crests,nape and back of neck glossy greenish black; chin, throat and sidesof head light ashy; front and sides of neck and sometimes upper breastrich chestnut; wings with a white patch; under parts silvery whitedappled with darker; sides tinged with reddish brown; bill yellowbelow at base, black above and toward tip; iris carmine; feet black,yellow inside. Adult in Fall and Winter. — Crests not noticeable; above blackish brown;front and sides of neck pale reddish brown; throat, sides of head andunder parts whitish; mostly unspotted below. Young. — Similar, but no reddish brown; neck gray; bill largely yellowish;tip dusky. Field —Largest of the Grebes; may be distinguished from thesmaller Loon by the white wing patch, which shows in flight or whenthe wing is flapped. Notes. — An explosive kup; exceedingly harsh note, not unlike the voice of anangry crow, but much
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