A SUBURBAN ESTATE 



to be most convenient for recovering the eggs if 

 further danger was threatened. 



These birds sat on their eggs for three weeks, and 

 then five tiny, 

 fluffy balls of 

 feathers the 

 young grebes 

 appeared. These 

 little creatures, 

 not much bigger 

 than large wal- 

 nuts, are re- 

 markably clever 

 swimmers and 

 divers, and are 

 so as soon as 

 they leave the 

 shells. I was 

 able to get near 

 them one day, 

 as they were all 

 swimming about 

 near their nest. 

 The parents 

 were there also, 



and seemed to be in a great state of excitement 

 Instead of diving, the young all scuttled towards 

 their mother, and a very pretty thing happened. 



DABCHICK'S NEST UNCOVERED 



