6 ‘ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
BREEDING Notes.—A colony was breeding in a small pond 
near Crane Lake, Assiniboia, in June 1894. The outer margin 
of the pond was chiefly sedge (Carex artstafa) but within was a 
growth of bullrushes (Scvipus dacustris), and on the old stems of 
these the nests were made. The floating nests were almost ona 
level with the water, and not infrequently the eggs lay partly in 
the water. No down or feathers was ever seen about a grebe’s 
nest. Each nest contained from three to four eggs, usually the 
smaller number. Another colony was seen on a small lake in 
July 1895, on the Milk River Ridge, Alberta. The nests were all 
floating and the eggs could be easily seen from the shore, which 
was high. (Macoun.) Breeding in numbers at Burnt Lake, 
Alberta. A number of sets taken June 14th and 15th, 1806. 
(Dippie.) 
I have found this species breeding abundantly at Long Lake 
and Shoal Lake, Manitoba. On. June goth, 1894, I found a nest 
containing as many as nine eggs at Shoal Lake, but six or seven 
is the usual number of eggs laid. (azne.) 
Breeding in colonies in sloughs in many parts of the prairie region 
and British Columbia. Found breeding in lakes at Kamloops, 
B.C., June 16th, 1889. (JZacoun.) On June 13th, 1894, saw hun- 
dreds of nests in a marsh at the west end of a small lake east of 
Crane Lake, Assa. The nests were composed of rushes and mud, 
floating amongst the rushes in about two feet of water. Most of 
the nests had three eggs in them, others four, and some five, 
while many had one or two, Evidently the sets were, in many 
cases, not complete. (Sfreadborough.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Our specimens are three in number, taken, one in Manitoba 
and two at Kamloops, B. C., in June, 1889, by Spreadborough. 
Three sets of eggs of five each taken at Crane Lake, June 14th, 
1894, by Spreadborough. 
Ill. PODILYMBUS  LEsson. 
6. Pied-billed Grebe. Dab-chick. Hell-diver. 
Podilymbus podiceps (LINN.) LAwR. 1858. 
Occasionally obtained in the autumn in Nova Scotia. (Dowyzs.) 
A common summer visitant in New Brunswick ; breeds. (Cham- 
berlain.) Rather common in Quebec. (Dionne; Hall.) Quite 
