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Definition of Red-necked grebe
1. Noun. Large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red-necked Grebe
Literary usage of Red-necked grebe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"... in some the upper mandible is yellow, from the nostrils to the corners of the
mouth, and the under one entirely of that colour. THE red-necked grebe. ..."
2. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1856)
"THE red-necked grebe is common in Sweden and Denmark, Holland, France, Switzerland,
and Italy; as also in Germany, and the eastern countries of Europe. ..."
3. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"red-necked grebe. Mont. Ornith. Diet. and Supplt. Grebe jou-gris. Podiceps rubricollis.
Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 720. red-necked grebe. Podiceps rubricollis. ..."
4. The Birds of Manitoba by Ernest Thompson Seton (1891)
"red-necked grebe. Sum mer resident chiefly of the shallow, fish-frequented lakes
to the northward. Winnipeg: Summer resident; very rare; only 4 specimens ..."
5. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1857)
"THE red-necked grebe is a winter visitant in Great Britain ; by some ... In Holland
the red-necked grebe is found on the lakes, equally so in France, ..."
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