BLACK-THROATED DIVER. 



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PYGOPODES. 



COLYMBID.E. 



CoLYMBTTs ARCTiCT^s, Liiuifens/' 

 THE BLACK-THROATED DIVER. 



ColymltK.-s (irctlrits. 



Of the three species of the genus Coli/inhus known in 

 England, the Black-throated Diver is the most rare, occur- 

 ring hut seldom on the southern shores. Young birds 

 have been taken in winter in Cornwall and Devonshire, but 

 Mr. Gatcombe says that he has never seen an adult obtained 



* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. \>. 'i-'l (ITOG). 



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