THE CRESTED GKEBE, OR GAUiNT. 



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CTESTED GREBE AND YOrNO. 



The nest of the Crested Grebe, concealed among the reeds and flags 

 of tie i.onds hilhieh thev dwell in the summer, is made of rushes, and 

 SL 1 raq L c ler contiguous to the chosen spot, and so con- 



struc?eTas oSn to floal abont^n the rise of the f^-^^f\^^:ifj 

 : hich penetrates it, notwithstanding which the ^^^^^]^;ZTt^ 

 fastly on the floating habitation, defended f ^^^^'^^^ ^ °^^^^^^^ The e-s, 

 the Lter, by the density of her oily and ^^^^^ P/"" "f ^/^e soifed 

 three or four, are of a whitish-green, Avaved or, as ^^ ,were so ue 

 'vi^h deep biwn. The young are fed with small eels and fry. 



