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i8s- DyteS auritus {Linn.) Ridg-way. Horned Grebe. — On Little 
Tappers Luke (Hamilton Co.), Oct. 22, 1881, Dr. A. K. Fisher and I saw 
about eight Horned Grebes and I killed one of them. While crossing 
Raquette”Lake, the same day, Dr. Fisher shot another. At Big Moose 
Lake (in Hamilton and Herkimer Counties) we saw this species every 
day from Oct. 26 to Nov. 8, 1881. Nov. 5 I shot one out of a flock of 
nine. They were all in the plain fall dress, so that the size alone 
enabled us to distinguish young from old. In all the iris was of a bright 
orange red. They are excellent divers and can remain under water an 
astonishingly long period. — C. Hart Merriam,M.D., Locust Grove , N. 1 
Horned Grebe Rising from the Ground. — The possibility of any 
grebe rising from a hard, level surface seems so generally doubted, that the 
following account (taken from my field notebook) of an actual instance 
appears to me worthy of permanent record. Of course it does not prove 
that any other species of the family can do so. Even Iiolboell’s Grebe, of 
the same genus, may not have the ability, as Mr. F. Seymour Hersey tells 
me that it is much more loth to rise from the water than its smaller brother; 
he has approached by boat many of each species, and while the Horned 
Grebe has frequently flown away, Holboell’s has invariably dived. There 
are also published stories of Holbcell’s and other species that were unable 
to leave after coming down onto a frozen lake or on the land. 
On October 28, 1917, at Long Beach, Nassau County, Long Island, N. Y., 
Mr. Walter Granger and I met a gunner who had just shot a Horned Grebe 
{Colymbus auritus). A little further on we found another Horned Grebe 
sitting on the beach, on the hard part but well away from the water, in a 
horizontal, swimming position, not upright like an auk. On our approach 
it raised itself, and when we were within a few feet uttered a little, whining, 
protesting note, then scuttled rapidly away several yards, into the rather 
brisk wind and away from the water. On our second approach it repeated 
the performance, but kept on going, and rose from the hard beach into the 
wind. Flying strongly and swiftly, though it seemed to wobble somewhat, 
it made a circle to the right several hundred yards in diameter, turned and 
again with the wind came down onto the hard sand on the inner side of 
the bar. It landed on a long slant but so hard that it rolled over and over, 
until it finally sat up and settled itself comfortably. It was still there 
when we passed again about two and a half hours later.— Charles H. 
Rogers, American Museum of Natural History, New York City. 
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