"Point Logroux N.B. Habits of the Coots etc. Galindo Wilson" 1876 (April 16) by both the greys and this flock was further it incessantly, then Murgues arrath also let meal us and I had a good chance to watch them, one of them caught what looked like a small eel and had apparently made trouble in swallowing it swimming rapidly about and shaking it violently in its bill. Two old gheans, both drakes in prim.pl. came in clearly under the bank and I watched them also carefully. They are exceedingly beautiful and graceful on the water holding their long tails rather high) and moving about with great care. In common with the coots they always open their wings as they dive, the motion being very conspicuous when watched through the glass. The loons and shildskies dive very differently and much more gracefully giving a forward leap so that the whole body merely clears the surface and leaving only a srip on the water while the other birds make an irregular splash. Of the coots C. propellata is the more graceful, B. Am. stretches up its neck moon and at times looks strikingly like its fresh water mammal. Galica Am. it frequently carries its tail nearly vertically. In flying the coots always pass low over the water the long lines following the undulations of the waves. In diving the whole flock disappears almost at once. Took a walk after supper & started a sweep on the berrins behind the house