50 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vr. 



Colymbus or Podiceps minor, a small Loon . . . 

 Others which are web-footed and tailed : — 



Colymbus maximus our Stellatus, the Mergus maximus 

 of Fair Island or Arcticus of Clusius, the greatest diver, 

 or Loon [the Great Northern Diver]. One Mas killed 

 with a bullet near the island of Keith, a drawing of it 

 is given in our plates [Plate 15 of the " Piodromus "J. 



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A PORTION OF PLATE 15 OF THE " PKODKOMUS," DEPICTING 

 THE GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 



Colymbus Arcticus, called Lumme by Wormius. [Probably 

 the Black-throated Diver.] 

 Web-footed birds with four toes and a free hind toe, having 

 a narrow beak not hooked at the tip and long wings : — 

 The Larger Gulls. 

 The largest Gull, pied with Avhite and black, or blue- 

 black, the Great black and white Gull [the Great black- 

 backed Gull.] 

 The bird Kittiwake, one of the Gull ti-ibe, and of excellent 

 flavour. 



