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but a moment, then the Grebe plunged from the nest and disappeared beneath 

 the water, not to be seen again that day. Hoping to study the home-life of 

 this bird, I cut a few branches and built a partial shelter about twenty feet 

 away; but disappointm_ent awaited m_e, for when I came back at two in the 

 afternoon and again at five, the Grebe had not returned. 



CARRYING OFF THE EGG-SHELL 



Two days later found me again at the pond, bent upon studying the old 

 birds with their young and making another trial upon the incubating bird. 1 

 arrived about seven a.m., but a careful survey of the whole surface failed to 

 reveal any of the Grebes. Neither was the second bird upon the nest, though 

 the warmth of the eggs attested her recent departure. Securing a boat, 1 

 drifted about the pond, searching the edge of the rushes, and soon was rewarded 

 by a movement a hundred yards or so below the first nest. The old bird came 



