The Grebes are subject to be destroyed by the Moor 
Buzzard and other gpecies of Falco ; also numbers are de- 
stroyed by tlie Water Rat. We once observed a Hooded 
Crow very busily engaged on the banks of the Orwell, and 
upon going to the spot to ascertain what it was doing, we 
found it had taken possession of the nest, with four eggs 
belonging to this bird, two of which it had broken, and 
eaten the contents of the shells ; on examining the remain- 
ing two, we ibund the chicks completely formed, and within 
a day or two of being hatched. 
Provincial names : Cargoose, Gaunt, Loon. 
