Class II. SPECKLED DIVER. 525 



a hole formed by nature under the wing for that 

 end. 



It is fuperior in fize to a goofe. The head 

 dufky : the back, coverts of the wings, and tail 

 clouded with lighter and darker fhades of the fame. 

 Primaries and tail black : under fide of the neck 

 fpotted with dufky : the bread and belly filvery : 

 legs black. 



The fkins of the birds of this genus are uncom- 

 monly tough •, and in the northern countries have 

 been ufed as leather. 



Greateft fpeckled Diver, or Le petit Plongeon. Brijfon 239. Speck- 



Loon. WiL cm. 341. a<v. VI. 108. Tab. 10. fig. 2. led. 



Raiijyn. av. 125. Mergus Stellatus, Danis Soe- 

 Colymbus caudatus Aellatus. Kane. Brunnich, 130. 



N. Com. Petr. IV. 424. Br. Zool. 139. 



r I'^HIS fpecies weighs two pounds and a half: its Descrip, 



-*■ length twenty-feven inches : its breadth three 

 feet nine. The bill three inches long, and turns 

 a little upwards ; the mandibles, when clofed at 

 the points, do not touch at the fides. The head 

 is of a dufky grey, marked with numerous white 

 fpots : the hind part of the neck an uniform grey : 

 the whole upper part of the body, and greater co- 

 verts of the wings dufky, fpeckled with white: the 

 lefler coverts dufky, and plain. The tail confifts 

 of about twenty black feathers -, in fome tipt with 



white. 



