242 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. . 
ORDER PYGOPODES. 
FAMILY COLYMBID. 
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 
CoLYMBUS GLACIALIS, Linneeus. 
The Great Northern Diver is an occasional winter 
visitor to the Cheshire coast, and it has sometimes been 
taken on the inland waters. On April 9th, 1868, a 
rather late date for the occurrence of this species, 
Admiral A. Clark-Kennedy observed one swimming on 
the shallow water between Hoylake and Hilbre Island, 
about two hundred yards from the shore In the 
winter of 1890-91 a Great Northern Diver was shot 
at New Brighton? and Mr. Thomas Comber informs 
us that an immature bird was captured a few years 
ago in a fisherman’s net at the mouth of the Dee. 
Inland, a Great Northern Diver was shot many 
years ago on Styperson Pool, Adlington. Fourteen 
large perch were found in the gullet of this bird? 
In 1887 one was shot at Cuddington, and about the 
same time Mr. A. Cookson killed an immature bird 
at Oakmere.* 
1 “«Redshank,’ Manchester City News, October 9th, 1895. 
2 J. Wrigley, Notes on the Bird Life of Formby, p. 18. 
3 Staniey, History of Birds, 7th edition, 1857, p. 421. 
4 Dobie, op. cit. p. 347. 
