Little Grebes attacking Moorhens.--With regard to the recent note by J. B. and S, Bottomley on Little Grebes {Podiceps ruficollis) attacking Coots (Fulica atra) and domestic ducks {Anas sp.) {Brit. Birds, 54: 427), it seems worth reporting that I saw several such attacks on Moorhens {Gallirmla cbloropus) on a lake at Alder wasley, Derby, in June 1953. On one occasion two Moorhens were fighting whe...
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