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somewhat clumsy structure, formed of the roots and leaves of various aquatic plants. We have 

 found it built against the stem of the Carex virgata^ beneath the drooping leaves of which it was 

 perfectly concealed from casual observation. Situated just within the swampy side of a small 



lake, it was raised a few inches only above the w^ater-level When alarmed on the 



water, tlie parent birds have a knack of tucking the young under the wing, so that its head is 

 ahme visible; they dive and swim thus encumbered with the greatest ease." 



The eggs of the Dabchick, usually two in number, are of a perfect elliptical form, and 

 greenish white when first laid, with a granulate surface, and often presenting round warty excres- 

 cences. Examples vary slightly as to size ; but an average specimen measures 1*7 inch in length 

 by 1 in breadth. After long incubation the surface of the shell becomes smeared and stained to 

 a yellowish brown colour. 



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