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no two nests were very near together. The habit 
of the birds on these clear ies of patrolling near 
the nest renders this very easy to find. I liked to 
stand still, nearly hidden in the reeds, and see the 
graceful lovers, close together, glide in so near to 
me that I could note every Bead of plumage and 
motion. The red patches on the sides of the neck 
fairly glowed in the sun, as though they might 
easily do the same at night of their own radiance. 
During my stay in the Turtle Mountains, I 
found several nests of the Holboell’s Grebe. One 
was of more than ordinary interest. I saw the bird 
swim out from the reeds, as usual, and right there 
was the nest, with three eggs and the two segments 
of the shell of a hatched egg. The youthful occu- 
pant had evidently just emerged, and ‘there it was in 
the water, trying to follow its mother. I waded 
farther out, and the little fellow, either in confu- 
sion, or seeking a friend, swam back to me, looking 
up into my face. I picked it up, a curious tiger- 
striped thing, so long and slim that it reminded me 
of a weasel. Then I replaced it in the nest, but at 
the first opportunity it scrambled out, and dis- 
appeared among the reeds. In two of fhe eges I 
could hear the young chirping. 
I went back to camp for dinner, and then re- 
turned to the Grebes’ nest. On the way I investi- 
gated the home of some Purple Martins in a 
Flickers’ hole, well up a tall, slippery poplar stub, 
finding, after a hard struggle, hat the nest nba’ 
five eggs. ‘This species, Barn and Tree Swallows, 
Bronzed Grackles, Flickers, Downy Woodpeckers, 
Sapsuckers, House Wrens and Red- tailed Hawks I 
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