AMONG THE WaTER-FOowL 
stemmed reeds for a few yards, out)” ‘hey pare 
much like the typical New England pond, and, like 
them, have—comparatively—few water-fowl. 
There are some, however, and one of the most 
characteristic I found tobe the Jarge -Elclboells 
Grebe, the only Grebe, in fact, that I saw in the 
region. I met them only in solitary pairs, nesting 
in the outer edge 
of the reeds on 
the shores of the 
ponds. One of 
the: “first. bards 
that I noticed as 
we drove in from 
the prairie was 
one of these 
Grebes swim- 
ming in a small 
pond near some 
reedy clumps. 
Next) -c-anaaat 
walked back 
there. The bird 
was on guard, 
NEST OF HOLBOELL’S GREBE 
and its mate swam out from the reeds at my 
approach. There was the nest amid the reeds in 
about three feet of water, a large floating pile of wet, 
decayed stems. ‘The five dirty white eggs, as large 
again as those of the Eared Grebe, were covered. 
With some drift-wood I managed to arrange a stand- 
ing place, from which I photographed the nest. 
Usually but one pair was found in a small pond, 
and when, in the larger ones, there were several, 
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