5 7' 



THE LITTLE GREBE. 



Podiceps minor. 



HIS interesting bird, more com- 

 monly known as the Dab- 

 chick, Di p-chic k, or Didapper, 

 is tolerably well distributed 

 over Great Britain, and is a 

 comparatively familiar object 

 on most of our ponds, lakes, 

 and inland sheets of water. 

 The peculiarity of its structure, 

 the wariness of its disposition, 

 and, above all, the marvellous 

 ease with which it dives and 

 swims, are matters which can- 

 not fail to excite our interest 

 and admiration. 



The Little Grebe is the 

 smallest of the British Grebes, 

 and, like the other members 

 of the family, is purely an 

 aquatic bird, taking to flight 

 with great reluctance, and 

 moving about on dry land 

 slowty and with awkwardness. 

 Indeed, the bird appears so 



