The wings of Hesperornis, he says, resemble those of our divers and grebes, and were probably used, like theirs, chiefly for swimming.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
grebes are often shot.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
Black shadows fell on the placid waters of the Columbia, and in the limpid air under the bluffs Indians fished for salmon, and ducks and grebes sported in river weeds.
"The Log School-House on the Columbia"
Hezekiah Butterworth