260 BIKDS OF LANCASHIEE, 



ORDER PYGOPODES. 



FAMILY COLYMBID.E.— GENUS COLYMBUS. 



GEEAT NORTHERN RIVER. 



CoLYMBus GLACiALis, Liimaeus. 



A few individuals appear every ^Yintel' on the coast, 

 and specimens have been obtained from early autmnn 

 till late in April. This Diver has also frequently occm-red 

 on Windermere, and most of the other large inland lakes 

 and reservoirs. 



BLACK-THROATED DIVER. 



CoLYMBUs ARCTicus, Linufeus. 



A rare winter visitor on the coast. Dr. Skaife writes 

 {Mag. Nat. Hist., 1838), "In the winter of 1835-36 I 

 saw a remarkably fine young specimen in the hands of 

 an animal-preserver at Preston : it was captured below 

 Lytham." Mr. T. Jackson tells me that he occasionally 

 sees and shoots it on the Lune. 



RED-THROATED DIVER. 



CoLYMBus SEPTENTRioNALis, Linuaeus. 



A regular winter visitor on the coast, and the com- 

 monest of the Colymbidre. Odd birds have now and 



