C olynbus auritus. 
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1889. Maine 
L. Umbagog. 
'\Lu MtW $ ***** 
From the 10th of October to the close of that month Horned 
A 
Grebes s-eeoi. almost every day in the Lake, sometimes m flocks 
of three or four, sometimes in pairs or single*, "hen m flocks 
they usually kept well out in the Lake and were quite as apt to 
fly as to dive, upon the approach of our boat, but the pairs and 
single birds were often observed in shallow water close to the 
shore and not infrequently^rosorted to diving when hard pressed. 
They are much less difficult to shoot than the Pied-billed Grebe, 
but still several that were met with would probably have escaped 
had we tried to kill them. In no instance did I see one of them 
take to the grass or to the lily pads as the Pied-billed is so 
fond of doing. On the contrary when discovered, as they often 
wore ; close in shore among aquatic vegitation, they invariably 
sought to get out into deep water as quickly and directly as pos¬ 
sible. Like most of the Grebes they are graceful birds on the 
water and quick as a flash in getting underdeleaving the surface 
like a knife and leaving scarce^ a ripple behind. 
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