. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . - island in Ahises Lake whereEared Grebes were common and Pied-bills imthought of. The nests weresturdv platforms of bulrushes, clean-looking and fresh, floating securelv in. Brook Lake. Ploto by the Author. THE NESTING SWAMP. ten feet of water. We accepted a set of eight in the name of science andthanked c^ur lucky stars that there was nci suspicion of plebeian strain theretoappertaining. But great was our disa])pointment in the morning upon seeinga Pied-billed Grebe clad in
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . - island in Ahises Lake whereEared Grebes were common and Pied-bills imthought of. The nests weresturdv platforms of bulrushes, clean-looking and fresh, floating securelv in. Brook Lake. Ploto by the Author. THE NESTING SWAMP. ten feet of water. We accepted a set of eight in the name of science andthanked c^ur lucky stars that there was nci suspicion of plebeian strain theretoappertaining. But great was our disa])pointment in the morning upon seeinga Pied-billed Grebe clad in the smug humilit}- of Uriah Heep, taking furtiveobservations offshore. Better luck awaited us last }ear at Brook Lake where the whole Earedpopulation, after weeks of dallying, fell to and nested. Thev colonized inthe deep water on the lakeward side of the swamp and so thicklv that onemight touch a dozen nests with the paddle while the boat was at rest. Wecounted eighty occupied nests and as many more not quite finished in thespace of an acre, on the 12th of June. Sep THE PI ED-BILLED GREBE. No. 359. PIED-BILLED GREBE. A. O. U. No. 6. Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). Synonyms.—\\atkr-vvitch. HELL-nniCK. Dakcjiick. DiedappEk. Ml T\ Description.—.hhilt in iinl^tial phii
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