. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 412 CITIZEN BIRD '' Grebes^ not grubs," laughed the Doctor. "Loons and Grebes are swimming birds, like Ducks or Gulls, but both belong to quite a different order from any of the others and each of them belongs to a family of its own. They can barely move at all on land, and spend all their lives on the water, excepting in the nesting season, when they make curious floating nests of dead herbage in reedy marshes. Their legs are placed in such a backward position that they can sit upright in the water and swim
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 412 CITIZEN BIRD '' Grebes^ not grubs," laughed the Doctor. "Loons and Grebes are swimming birds, like Ducks or Gulls, but both belong to quite a different order from any of the others and each of them belongs to a family of its own. They can barely move at all on land, and spend all their lives on the water, excepting in the nesting season, when they make curious floating nests of dead herbage in reedy marshes. Their legs are placed in such a backward position that they can sit upright in the water and swim as if they were walking, only keeping the tip of the bill above the ; " How can they get away if any one hunts them ? " asked Rap. " They can dive at the flash of a gun and swim long distances under water. Our familiar Fied-billed Grebe or Dabchick disappears so suddenly, that 'Water Witch' is one of its common ; " What a lot of birds there are to watch for tliis fall! " said Nat very anxiously. " I only wish I knew how much more time w^e shall have before father and mother come for ;. Loon. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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