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Kalamazoo county in spring and autumn"' (Dr. M. Gibbs); "rivers of Michigan" 

 (Davie's Nests and Eggs of North American Birds, p. 3); eggs, live to nine, immacu- 

 late, yellowish, smooth ; " breeds among the lakes and marshes of northern Indiana in 

 considerable numbers " ( Butler's Birds of Indiana ). 



Genus PODILYMBUS Less. 



4-6-( 852 ). I'odilyiiibiis podiceps ( Linn.). * Pied-billed Grebe; Carolina Grebe ; 

 Hell DIVER ; Water-witch ; Dipper ; Didapper Dabchick. 



Very common ; •' throughout the state and easily shot by the skillful hunter " ( A. 

 H.Boies); April till fall; " Monroe County '' ( Jerome Trombley ) ; Mackinac Island '' 

 ( S. E. White ) ; " common at Iron Mountain, Dickinson County " ( E. E. Brewster ) ; 

 " Keweenaw Point " ( Kneeland ) ; breeds ; nests as in last species ; " found breeding 

 on St. Clair Flats" ( W. H. Collins. Oologist, Vol. V, p. 19); "very common at Port 

 Sanilac in spring and summer, Vjreeds in creeks along the lake shore" ( W. A. Oldfield); 

 " breeds abundantly about St. Joseph " ( O. B. Warren ) ; '• Geo. Sprague of Kalama- 

 zoo, secured thirty-two eggs in a half day, about ponds and lakes" (Dr. M. Gibbs); 

 eggs, five to nine, rough, dirty yellowish white. The nest of this species often floats. 

 This queer tailless bird is the cause of many stories told by hunters. They report that ' 

 it will dodge a bullet as the most skillful hunter seldom takes one. It certainly might 

 and generally would dive even after receiving a mortal wound. Prof. James Satterlee, 

 Greenville, writes me: ''This comes from the habit of diving so quickly after the 

 flash of the gun. I shot five in one day with my rifle.'' Geo. D. Sones writes: " They 

 dive at sight of flash, and so escape the bullet," as he has actually observed many 

 times. 



Suborder CEPPHI. Loons and Auks. 



Family URINATORIDiE Looks. 

 These are pre-eminent water birds, noted for swimming and diving. 



Genus URINATOR Cuv. 



Loon. 



5-7-(840). Iriiiator imber [Gunn.). * Loon : Great NoRTHEEiN Divf.r. 



Very abundant in spring, summer and autumn ; throughout the state ; Grand 

 *A11 species starred were reported from Locke, Ingham County, by tlie iaie or. H. A. Atkins. 



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