VOL. XIV.] NOTES ON SLAVONIAN GREBE. 5 



upon the nest, and once in contact with her eggs, she became 

 invincible. I photographed her thus ; then moved the 

 tripod toward her, slowly and cautiously, keeping my head 

 beneath the cloth. In this wa}^ the camera was placed within 

 arm's length of the bird and another exposure made which 

 resulted in the accompanying intimate portrait (page 7). I 

 uncox'cred my head, but she remained firm, and when I 



SLAVONIAiN ijKliBE AT NEST, SHOWING VEGETATION PULLED UP 

 ON ONE SIDE OF THE NEST TO SHIELD THE EGGS. 



[Photographed by A. D. DuBois.) 



extended my hand toward her she reached out her long neck 

 and delivered a vicious, stinging stab with her sharp bill. 



The exposed situation of this nest is shown in several 

 of the photographs. It consisted of a mass of coarse grasses, 

 many of them fresh and green, floating in about a foot of 

 water, the body of the nest below the water-line being of 

 such bulk as to almost touch the muddy bottom. The nest- 



