| Summary: | whabby n _Colymbus_ _holboellii_ (Reinh.). Holboell's Grebe. Rare transient visitor. According to Stearns ('83, p.17) this grebe is "not rare in spring and fall" on the southern Labrador coast. He also states that it occasionally breeds, but this may be considered somewhat doubtful. He refers to it in one place as the "Whabby" a name given on the Labrador coast to the Red-throated Diver, as he him- self recognizes. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used wabby, wamby, waubbe, whobby, wabble, 'Waubbe,' waby, 'wobble'.
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