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chiefly in the water, where they swim and 

 dive with astonishing rapidity, for which 

 purpose their fin-toed feet, placed far be- 

 hind, and very short wings, are particularly 

 well adapted, and show the wisdom of God 

 in the creation as conspicuously as the bird 

 before-mentioned. These birds were the 

 greater and lesser crested grebe, podiceps 

 crista tus et auritus. What surprised me 

 most was, that the first of these birds was 

 found alive on dry ground, about seven 

 miles from the sea, to which place there 

 was no communication by water. How 

 did it get so far from the sea ? its wings 

 and legs being so ill adapted either to fly- 

 ing or walking. The lesser crested grebe 

 was also found in a fresh-water pond 

 which had no communication with other 

 water, at some miles distance from the sea. 



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