52 6 RED THROATED DIVER. Class II. 



white. The cheeks and whole under fide of the 

 body of a fine glofTy white : and the feathers, as 

 in all this genus, which refides almoft perpetually 

 on the water, are executively thick, and clofe fet : 

 the legs are dufky. 



Thefe birds frequent our feas, lakes and rivers 

 in the winter. On the Thames they are called fprat 

 loons, for they attend that fii"h during its continu- 

 ance in the river. They are fubjecl to vary in the 

 difpofition and form of their fpots and colors : 

 fome having their necks furrounded with a ipeckled 

 ring : in fome the fpots are round, in others oblong. 



240. Red Ed-w. av- 97. Briffbn av. VI. III. Tab. II. 



THROATED- Gunner. Tab. 2. f. 2. fig. 1. 



Colymbus feptentrionalis . IJiandis & Norvegis Loom v. 



Lin. jyft. 220. Lumme , Da?iis Lomm , 



Le Plongeon a gorge rouge. Brunnich, 132. 



T 



Br. Zoo I. 140. 



HIS fpecies breeds in the northern parts of 

 Scotland, on the borders of the lakes : but 

 migrates fouthward during winter. It lays two 

 eggs. The fexes do not differ in colors ; and are 

 a diftincl kind from the black throated, the Lumme 

 of the Norwegians. Its fhape is more elegant than 

 that of the others. The weight is three pounds : 

 Descrip. the length, to the tail end, two feet; to that of 

 the toes, two feet four inches : the breadth three 



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