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Diver at Chequers was quite accidental : it was 

 supposed to be tired and fell into a deep ditch near 

 the house, from whence it was unable to rise again. 

 Its " screams " alarmed a boy who happened to be 

 passing at the time, and he ran to one of the game- 

 keepers, Chator by name, and the latter found out 

 what the bird was.' It was taken to the house, and 

 Lady Russell determined to send it the Zoological 

 Gardens, but owing to the railway porters refusing 

 to supply Chator with any water for the bird, it 

 died soon after its arrival at the Gardens, and the 

 Society returned it to Lady Russell, who thereupon 

 caused it to be stuffed. An immature Northern Diver 

 was taken in December, 1841, on one of the reser- 

 voirs near Drayton Beauchamp. A Great Northern 

 Diver was killed at Virginia Water, near Windsor, 

 on the 4th of February, 185 1. This was an ex- 

 ceedingly fine specimen, and was presented to the 

 collection at Eton College by the late Prince Con- 

 sort. It was preserved by Mr. A. D. Bartlet, and 

 exhibited in the Exhibition of 185 1. In November 

 or December, 1859, another was procured at Ches- 

 ham, as I have been informed by the Rev. Bryant 

 Burgess. 



Family — ALCAD.E. 



Guillemot {Uria troile). Rarely met with inland, 

 although a very common bird on many parts of the 



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