small ponds at a distance from their usual haunts. The 

 usual note of the Little Grebe is a somewhat plaintive 

 low single note, but where many are together in the late 

 summer I have frequently heard them utter a shrill and 

 prolonged cry almost amounting to a scream. It has 

 been stated that this species is capable of running 

 swiftly, and the authority quoted in 4th edition of 

 ' Yarrell ' is so good that I cannot doubt it, but, in the 

 cases of several of these birds that have been brought to 

 me uninjured, the only method of progression was an 

 awkward struggle with wings and legs with the whole of 

 the breast on the floor ; this bird, however, is the only 

 species of Grebe that I have distinctly observed standing 

 upright on its feet on land or upon the edge of 

 the nest. 



