

vicinity of the nests', and they 

 swam away with their heads and 

 necks above water, making a 

 kind of cackling noise. In their 

 nabits they resemble the Loon, 

 ug or swimming under water 

 with the greatest ease; and, when 

 on the wing, they fly with won- 

 derful rapidity for birds of their 

 nature. The eggs of this species 

 are from 2 to 5 in number, ellip- 

 tical oval in shape, very pale 

 bluish green in color; and, like all 

 Grebes' eggs, the surface is 

 stained a light brown, or very 

 much soiled by contact with the 

 decomposed vegetable matter of 

 the nests. Mr. Walter E. Bryant, 

 of Oakland, Cala., has a set of 5 

 eggs in his collection, which were 

 taken at Washoe Lake, Nevada, 

 In the latter part of May. These 

 measure as follows: 59x39, 63x39, 

 68.5x38, 60x38, 59x39.5 'mm.* 

 Three sets in my collection, two 

 of five eggs and one of four, taken 

 Dy Mr. Stebbins, me:asure: 2.32x 

 1.5 ^ 2.46x1.58, 



2.48x1.60; 2.14x1. -18, 2.27x1.54, 2.30 



8, &29XL68, 2.28x1.53; 2.44x1.52, 2.37x1.47, 2.52x1.44, 2.45x1.47. The oird known as 

 rk*s Grebet I* probably the female of /?;. with-ntulix.t Its ha);:tat is given as 

 tern North America, chiefly along the Pacific coast. The bird and its eggs are 

 orded as averaging smaller than types of occidentalis. 



fi. IlOLBCELL'S GREBE. Cnlymbus hottxcllU (Reinh.) Geog. Dist North 

 erica at large, InrlmlhiK Greenland. Also Eastern Siberia, and southward to 

 >an. Breeds in high migrating south in winter. 



In the large bodies of water, tin little bayous and sloughs, rivers and grassy 



la from Northern Maine to Greenland; from the swamps of the Red River Valley 



rth, and again, westerly and northward to the margins of the placid lakes 



great Yukon i. laska, and beyond, this Grebe makes its sum- 



r homo. 5 In the Pur Countries It breeds in lonely and retired places, such as in flu.- 



isocks of wiry grass that border the Waterhen River and Long Lake in Manitoba. 



Is said to breed abundantly at these places, and often where it is quite common 



ring the breeding season, its presence may not be detected after many weeks' stay 



>ut Its haunts. The nest i.; built similar to that of the common Dabchick, and like 



2.32x1.64. 2.48XJ.50, 2.36x1.60. 2.32x1.56 Inches. 



. O. U. Check-List. 



haw, Bull. 1881, pp. 214-218; B. B. and R., Wator Birds 



Am.. U, p. 423; Bryant. Auk.. II. pp. 313-314. - 

 | The Rummer homo of a bird la generally under 'ood to be its breeding place. 



