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Sept (To Apl rare S R Sing Sing)

to Apl.; rare S. R. Sing Sing, tolerably common S. R. Cambridge, common T. V., Mch. and Apl.; Aug. to Nov.; a few breed. Nest, of grasses, leaves, twigs, etc., in a hole in a tree or stump. Eggs, eight to fourteen, pale buffy white, 2.05 x 1.50.

Woodland ponds and forest-bordered streams make a proper setting for the grace and beauty of these richly attired birds. Several times it has been my fortune to see them in the unconscious enjoyment of their secluded homes, and I know of no sight in the bird world which so fully satisfies the eye. Alarm them, and with a frightened, plaintive whistle, "oo-eek," they spring. from the water and make off through the woods. At other times they will swim ahead of one's canoe, and, rounding a bend in the stream, go ashore and walk rapidly away.

The young are brought from the nest to the ground in the bill of the parent.