78 THE BIRDS OF RAINHAM. 



LITTLE GREBE. 

 Podiceps fluviatilis (Tunstall). 



The Little Grebe is more numerous than all the 

 rest of the Grebes put together ; it goes by the name 

 of the Dabchick, frequents our, marsh ditches in 

 summer, on the borders of which it breeds, always 

 on the water adjoining a bunch of rushes or solitary 

 bush or other such like shelter, builds a compact 

 nest of wet herbage ; the eggs are never left exposed, 

 being concealed from view by the parent on leaving 

 her nest. In winter the Dabchick with us is more 

 scarce and but seldom seen. 



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 

 Colymbus glacialis (Linn.). 



Young, immature Great Northern Divers are 

 sometimes met with and shot on the Medway. 



BLACK-THROATED DIVER. 

 Colymbus arcticus, Linn. 



Immature Black-throated Divers are also, like the 

 previous species, occasionally met with and shot on 

 our river. 



