﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  97 
  

  

  Elk 
  lake 
  near 
  Mt 
  Marcy 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondacks. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  as 
  a 
  

   summer 
  resident 
  by 
  Giraud 
  on 
  Long 
  Island; 
  Merriam, 
  in 
  Lewis 
  county; 
  

   Mearns 
  in 
  the 
  Highlands; 
  Davison 
  in 
  Niagara 
  county; 
  Chapman 
  near 
  New 
  

   York; 
  Short 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  Fisher 
  at 
  Ossining. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  

   reported 
  b}' 
  correspondents 
  as 
  breeding 
  in 
  Cayuga, 
  Erie, 
  Monroe, 
  Ontario, 
  

   Orleans, 
  Yates, 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  Fulton 
  counties. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  much 
  less 
  

   commonh' 
  distributed 
  through 
  the 
  State, 
  than 
  formerly, 
  before 
  so 
  many 
  

   marsh\' 
  ponds 
  and 
  streams 
  had 
  been 
  drained 
  and 
  our 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams 
  

   frequented 
  by 
  fishermen 
  and 
  pleasure 
  seekers. 
  During 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  

   autumn 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  wide 
  

   distribution 
  in 
  America, 
  ranging 
  from 
  Argentina 
  to 
  Hudson 
  bay. 
  

  

  Migrations. 
  This 
  grebe 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  winter 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  State, 
  but 
  is 
  mostly 
  a 
  migratory 
  species 
  arriving 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  about 
  

   the 
  6th 
  of 
  April 
  in 
  the 
  \icinity 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  23d 
  of 
  March 
  to 
  

   the 
  15th 
  of 
  April 
  in 
  Monroe 
  county 
  and 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  western 
  New 
  York. 
  

   Migrants 
  have 
  passed 
  to 
  their 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  from 
  the 
  ist 
  to 
  the 
  15th 
  

   of 
  May 
  and 
  return 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  again 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  August 
  to 
  September 
  

   15th. 
  The 
  greater 
  number 
  have 
  departed 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  

   November, 
  but 
  an 
  occasional 
  straggler 
  is 
  sometimes 
  found 
  in 
  December 
  

   aiid 
  January. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  one 
  which 
  was 
  captured 
  in 
  a 
  barnyard 
  watering 
  

   trough 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  of 
  February, 
  when 
  the 
  mercury 
  was 
  below 
  

   zero 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  deeply 
  covered 
  with 
  snow. 
  

  

  Haunts 
  and 
  habits. 
  Marshy 
  lakes, 
  ponds 
  and 
  bavs 
  and 
  sluggish 
  streams 
  

   bordered 
  with 
  flags 
  and 
  grown 
  over 
  with 
  pondweed, 
  water 
  crowfoot 
  and 
  

   eelgrass 
  are 
  the 
  favorite 
  haunts 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  Here 
  it 
  makes 
  its 
  nest 
  

   and 
  rears 
  its 
  young. 
  When 
  approached, 
  it 
  sinks 
  gradually 
  out 
  of 
  sight 
  

   by 
  compressing 
  or 
  expelling 
  the 
  air 
  from 
  its 
  lungs 
  and 
  air 
  sacks 
  or 
  dives 
  

   with 
  a 
  quick 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  legs, 
  and 
  swims 
  rapidly 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   surface 
  to 
  reappear 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  where 
  it 
  disappeared, 
  or 
  rising 
  

   among 
  the 
  weeds 
  remains 
  invisible, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  only 
  its 
  nostrils 
  above 
  

   the 
  water 
  beside 
  some 
  stick 
  or 
  plant, 
  thus 
  completely 
  evading 
  its 
  pursuers. 
  

   It 
  is 
  rarely 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  deep 
  water 
  where 
  our 
  other 
  grebes 
  find 
  their 
  

  

  