I.- 1 



IKhea grebe is gotnj I ' i-nlU the weeds < 



its eggs, tli. -in slides into the water and 



swims off. l.ut when tli.- I -in Is are startled t\' their nests 



I. 'iily. they lm\.- not time toeo\,-r the eggs. The only nests 



_'i,'s 1 t'.nui.i : '.! with weeds were those I startled 



tin- l.irds I'n.in. 



Furtli.-r round tin- lake I saw a pair t' r.-d m-ek- 

 su miming iilnint 1 mm. >n t.-rnv an.l rin<.'- 



oilled e/ulls were also num. TOM* . I -ut I muld not find the 

 when- they were nesting. All these tli ies breel at 



IMum L-iki-. a t'.-\\ mil.-s t'urth.-r south, ami tlu-y are also nuin- 



at \\'hit-\vat<-r Ijik.-. at th. f.H^t of TurtL- Mount 

 H.-i'i- th- m-st> ..(' c. niin-iii t-ni^ ami riu^-liillnl ^ulls ar- 

 to be so num. -r. HIS that th.- small island in tin- lake is all 

 iv<l with th.-ir m-sts. Th.- t.-rns lay tlirir .-^^s in liol! 

 in tin- saml. luit the rin^-lill.-.l ^fulls makr th.-ir m-sts of weeds, 

 in whirh tin y lay their .-^s. Tl consi-l.-ral.ly. 1 nit are 



atone.- distinguish. <! from r^irs of th.- Am.-rican herring g\i\\ 

 \>y their small, -r sj/e. In N.-sts ami K^s.if North American 

 Is," l.y < >li\-T I >a\ i- the si/.- of the rinLj-liill.-d ir\i\\'s eggs 

 is said to tx- \r >n\ 1.7 :> to I'M). l,y I. not- l.7.">. This mu^ 

 a mistak. u rVoCBSBK Kid^'eway. in his manual, gives the 



\ 1.71. and the latter U the average 

 of a s,-ri,-s . ,f ,-^r^ now U-fon- me. 



On the lake a niiml>er of Bal Ian Is, shovel U-i-s, pintafli and 

 other dueks wei-.- s.-.-n and s,.ui'- of them had broods of youny 

 ones swiiiiiiiinir around them. 



While wading thrmi^h the rush.-s around the margin of the 



lake. I wa.s startled l>y a pair of lar^e l.irds flying uj> a t'.-w 



Is in front of me. and I s, M ,,, saw they w.-r.- little l.rown 



cranes. Tin-re I found their n.-st and was greatly disaj.j.oint- 



- d to tind it i-mjity. l.ut apparently all n-ndy for the eggs. 

 Th. ry lar^'e al.oiit three feet in !' and 



1 aloiit !ie shallow water: it was made 



1 a.jiiatie plants, with a slight eavity at th.- 

 and was l.iiilt in a e-lump of thick rushes. | \v.-,^ 1 y a 



week ..r ten days too early for the eggs. I wand, r.-d around 



