. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . e partsare not usually described by authors of works on British , pink flesh colour, with top of upper mandible of a darkhorn hue, and lighter towards the point. Legs, on the outsidedark brownish black, other parts yellowish white, with darkpurple spots and blotches. The only vernacular name we have note of is Tippet Grebe,used in the Tees (Hogg, 1845), and at Hornsea Mere. RED-NECKED griseigena {Bodd.) Winter visitant, of uncommon occurrence, and irregular as tonumbers. Occasionall
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . e partsare not usually described by authors of works on British , pink flesh colour, with top of upper mandible of a darkhorn hue, and lighter towards the point. Legs, on the outsidedark brownish black, other parts yellowish white, with darkpurple spots and blotches. The only vernacular name we have note of is Tippet Grebe,used in the Tees (Hogg, 1845), and at Hornsea Mere. RED-NECKED griseigena {Bodd.) Winter visitant, of uncommon occurrence, and irregular as tonumbers. Occasionally observed on inland waters. The first allusion to the Red-necked Grebe in Yorkshireoccurs in Fothergills Wensleydale list of 1823, where it isenumerated amongst the birds observed in that district. Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote :— Podiceps rubricollis.—Red-necked Grebe—One or two shot nearDoncaster every winter ; it is very rare near Barnsley ; a specimenwas shot on Worsborough Reservoir in 1830; many have been shotor taken near Huddersfield, but they are among the rare birds of.
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