. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . LOONS 9 Nest. — A floating or anchored raft of water-soaked plant stems among-tules in shallow water. Eggs : 4 to 8, soiled whitish. Every boy who has carried a gun and crept through tall grass tothe edges of ponds and lakes, or has followed the creeks, cuttingfrom bend to bend, and peering cautiously up stream and down,has found himself more than once face to face with a little grayduck, — only it was nt a duck — which when he raised his gun divedjust as he p
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . LOONS 9 Nest. — A floating or anchored raft of water-soaked plant stems among-tules in shallow water. Eggs : 4 to 8, soiled whitish. Every boy who has carried a gun and crept through tall grass tothe edges of ponds and lakes, or has followed the creeks, cuttingfrom bend to bend, and peering cautiously up stream and down,has found himself more than once face to face with a little grayduck, — only it was nt a duck — which when he raised his gun divedjust as he pulled the trigger, so the shot scattered over the sur-face of the water. No amount of Avaiting or searching the banksdid any good, — the bird was never seen again, dead or alive. Therewas a mystery about it, and when some one older and wiser thanhe told him it was a water witch or hell diver, the mystery wasonly half solved. Where did it go? How could it stay imderwater through the half hour that he waited for it to come to thesurface ? Had he been just around the next bend he might possiblyhave seen a gray bill and a pai
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