Podilyrabus podiceus . 
J Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
IB9G. At 3.30 A.M. I paddled over to the Outlet and entered the 
J Sept. 2. river. I had gone but a little wav when a Carolina Grebe 
started from under the left bank within four or five yards of 
me and flew past and behind me out into the Lake. There was 
absolutely no wind at the time. This bird looked like an a- 
dult, but another which I found among some lily pads farther 
down the river was certainly young. I followed the latter for 
some distance and repeatedly saw it sink instead of dive, 
drawing its head and neck down backwards. Sometimes it showed 
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the rump—or perhaps the ends of the folded wings—as well as 
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the head and neck with the back wholly submerged. I could 
trace its course beneath the water with perfect accuracy by 
the leaping and "skittering" of the numerous small pickerel 
which doubtless mistook it for a particularly large and vora¬ 
cious predatory fish. 
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