The Submerged Tenth 



washed out, for it was late in the nesting season — ■ 

 nearly the last of June. This must be a very com- 

 mon occurrence, for the Grebe will not learn 

 wisdom. Yet even though the creature itself be 

 submerged, it is hardly to be supposed that sub- 

 merged eggs will hatch, or that the deluge here in 



ANOTHER PIED-BILLED GREBE S NEST WITHIN A FEW RODS OF PRE- 

 CEDING, CONTAINING NINE EGGS, AS COVERED BY THE OWNER. 

 BY A. C. BENT 



progress was altogether pleasing to the otherwise 

 contented " Water-witch," unless for the fact that 

 the surviving egg was much cleaner than usual. 



It is no easy matter to identify scattered single 

 nests of the smaller Grebes. Seldom, except in 

 colonies, have I been able to see a Grebe actually 

 on the nest. A very common and well-known 



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