. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . Eoedy Lake, Saskatchewan. A. C. Klamath liake, Oregon. Western Grebe. Finley and Bohlman. For description see paqe 233. LIFE HISiTOKIES OF NOBTH AMEBICAN DIVING BIRDS. 5 ^ffffs.—The number of eggs to a set seems to vary greatly, though3 or 4 seems to be the usual number, according to my experience; Ihave frequently found 5 or even 6, and I have taken one set of 11, butthis was probably laid by 2 or 3 birds. Other writers report variousnumbers from 5 to 10. Apparently there are certain nests in whicheggs are dumped indis
. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . Eoedy Lake, Saskatchewan. A. C. Klamath liake, Oregon. Western Grebe. Finley and Bohlman. For description see paqe 233. LIFE HISiTOKIES OF NOBTH AMEBICAN DIVING BIRDS. 5 ^ffffs.—The number of eggs to a set seems to vary greatly, though3 or 4 seems to be the usual number, according to my experience; Ihave frequently found 5 or even 6, and I have taken one set of 11, butthis was probably laid by 2 or 3 birds. Other writers report variousnumbers from 5 to 10. Apparently there are certain nests in whicheggs are dumped indiscriminately by several birds, but never inarsh-nesting birds, such as terns, ducks, and coots, occasion-ally drop their eggs in the grebes nests. The eggs of the western grebe are not handsome and not particu-larly interesting. They vary in color from dull bluish white orcream color to various shades of dirty buff or olive buff. They areunspotted, but the accumulated dirt on the rough shells often givesthem a mottled effect, even after being washed. They are generallymore or less nest-
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