136 BLACK-THROATED DIVER. 
umberland; another off Cullercoats on the 5th. of February, 
1848; in 1830, a fine mature specimen was killed at Tweed- 
mouth, and several young ones along the shore and upon the 
River Tyne: others on the Durham coast. 
It has occasionally occurred on Frensham Pond, near 
Godalming, Surrey. In Cornwall it is very rare; one was 
shot on Carrack road, in January, 1846; others at other 
times: so also in Devonshire. Young birds are occasionally 
obtainable in the London markets. A very beautiful specimen, 
a male, was procured on the 2nd. of June, 1842, in Sandwich 
Haven, in the county of Kent. In Oxfordshire, a young bird 
of this species was shot near Cassington, in the winter of 
1828. 
In Scotland, this Diver oceurs from north to south, but 
least numerously in the latter. Sir William Jardine has seen 
three or four in a day on the Frith of Forth. A few still 
breed on some of the lakes of Sutherlandshire—Loch Assynt, 
Loch Shin, Loch Laighall, Loch Awe, and elsewhere. 
In Orkney some remain throughout the year; a few hawe 
been shot of late at South Ronaldshay, Scapa, Kirkwall, 
Sanday, ete. So also in the Hebrides: North Uist is a 
breeding-place. The species is a winter visitant to Iona. 
In Ireland it is very rare; the county of Dublin has fur- 
nished a specimen, and it has also occurred in the north. 
As soon as the ice begins to break up in the spring, within 
twelve hours, it is said, of open water being seen, they betake 
themselves to secluded inland lakes, to make their nests in 
due time, but thence return again to the sea when they have 
young ones able to accompany them;—‘Ver non semper viret.’ 
They are very shy and wary birds, and though unwilling 
to take wing, dive on the most distant appearance of danger. 
They can, however, fly strongly and well, and in the summer, 
when they have young, may be seen at a vast height bringing 
fish from some other lake to their nest. They descend very 
suddenly, and in a slanting direction. They are extremely 
attentive to the wants of their young. 
The skin of this bird is highly valued by the Hsquimaux 
for its warmth and beauty, and is accordingly converted into 
articles of wearing. 
The Black-throated Diver swims and dives with infinite 
dexterity, and has also considerable powers of flight available 
on occasion, both as regards quickness and the distance of 
progression: the wings are widely extended and rapidly beaten. 
