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Lake, June 7; 1 at White Willow Lake, near the source of the North Loup 
River, June 16; 3 on the Hague Lakes, in Morrill County, June 21; and 1 
on Jones Lake, east of Swan Lake, Garden County, June 21. This bird was 
seen both in the hills in the vicinity of the lakes and along the shores near the 
water. 
• Nongame Birds. 
f WESTERN GREBE. Aechmophorus oocidentalis. 
The western grebe was found nesting at Island Lake, Garden County, in June, 
1916. 
HORNED GREBE. Colymtus auritus. 
This grebe, during summer, is apparently very rare in the sandhill region, 
as the writer saw but a single individual in June, this in a small pond close to 
Corneil Lake, north of Big Alkali Lake, on June 9, 1915. 
One was seen on Clear Lake, eastern Cherry County, October 9, 1915. 
AMERICAN EARED GREBE. Colymlus mgrieollis californicus. 
The American eared grebe, so far as we observed it, stayed principally in the 
open water, though of course at times among the rushes, and apparently is fond 
of swimming about and diving far out in the middle of the lakes. Its habit of 
holding the neck and crest erect makes it easy to distinguish even at a distance. 
This is one of the most abundant of the summer water birds in the region, 
and breeds on many of the lakes. The writer counted 349 on Dads Lake on 
June 7, 305 of them in a single company. On White Willow Lake, near the head 
of the North Loup River, 186 were seen on June 16. It was abundant on Dewej 
Lake from June 3 to 18 ; Willow Lake, June 4 to 14 ; Trout Lake, June 9 and 
11 ; at Wendler Swamp, June 10 and 18 ; Pearson Lake, June 18 ; and Speckel- 
mire Lake, June 16. It was common on Silver Lake, June 16 ; Rat Lake, Brown 
County, June 14; West Chain Lake, Brown County, June 14; Johnson Lake, 
June 8 ; West Twin Lake, eastern Cherry County, June 8 ; the Hague Lakes, 
eastern Morrill County. June 21 ; Bean Lake, June 21 and 22 ; and the Peterson 
Lakes, Garden County, June 22. It was rather generally distributed throughout 
the lakes of Garden, Morrill, and Brown Counties, but somewhat more irregu- 
larly in the other localities. 
A single individual was noted on Red Deer Lake, eastern Cherry County, 
October 6 ; 2 on Moon Lake, Brown County, October 10 ; and 1 on Goose Lake, 
Garden County, October 14. 
PIED-BILLED GREBE. Podilymlns podiceps podiceps. 
Unlike the preceding species, this grebe did not frequent much the open 
water, but kept for the most part within the protection of the reeds and rushes 
bordering the lakes. At the eastern end of Dewey Lake on June 4, a nest in the 
rushes near the shore, from which a female was seen to depart, was found to 
contain 8 eggs. It finally came to grief in a heavy windstorm which a few 
days later swept the lake. 
This bird of retiring habits is apparently not very common. I did not see it 
at all during June in Morrill County, nor in any of the lakes about the source 
of the North Loup River. Two were seen at Marsh Lake, Brown County, June 
13 ; 1 on Welker Lake, June 11 ; 1 at Wendler Swamp, June 10 ; 4 on Johnson 
Lake, June 8 ; 1 on Red Deer Lake, June 8 ; 1 on West Twin Lake, eastern 
Cherry County, June 8 ; 3 on Long Lake, eastern Cherry County, June 5 ; 1 on 
Watts Lake, June 5 ; 2 on Hackberry Lake, June 5 ; 4 on Willow Lake, June 4 ; 
and 3 on South Cody Lake, June 1. 
