. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE LITTLE GREBE, OR DABCHICK. 533 a miniature Duck no longer than a Blackbird. It does not, like the Moor-hen, swim with a jerking movement, nor when alarmed does it half swim and half fly in a direct line for the nearest bank of weeds. If you are unobserved, it swims steadily for a short distance, then suddenly dis- appears, making no splash or noise, but slipping into the water as if its body were lubricated. It is diving for its food, which consists of water insects, mollusks, small fish. A^ THE LITTLE GREBE, OR DABCHICK. and worms.
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE LITTLE GREBE, OR DABCHICK. 533 a miniature Duck no longer than a Blackbird. It does not, like the Moor-hen, swim with a jerking movement, nor when alarmed does it half swim and half fly in a direct line for the nearest bank of weeds. If you are unobserved, it swims steadily for a short distance, then suddenly dis- appears, making no splash or noise, but slipping into the water as if its body were lubricated. It is diving for its food, which consists of water insects, mollusks, small fish. A^ THE LITTLE GREBE, OR DABCHICK. and worms. As suddenly as it dives so suddenly does it reappear, most likely not far from the spot where you first observed it : " A di-dapper peering through a wave, Who, being looked on, ducks as quickly ; Shakspeare. Another short swim and it dives again: and so it goes on, the time spent under the water being far in excess of that employed m taking breath. Advance 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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