NORTHERN OCEAN. 
legs and feet ; and the coverets of the wings are 
marked with white. They are in weight equal’ 
to a Widgeon, though to appearance not fo 
large. They ufually make their nefts in the holes 
of rocks, and lay two white eggs, which are de- 
licate eating, but not proportionably large for 
the fize of the bird. My friend Mr. Pennant 
fays, they brave the coldeft Winters in thofe parts, 
by keeping at the edge of the ice near the open 
water; but as the fea at that feafon is frozen 
over for feveral miles from the fhore, I believe 
no one’s curiofity ever tempted him to confirm 
the truth of this; and it is well known they ne- 
ver make their appearance near the land after the 
froft becomes fevere. 
NorTHERN Divers. Thefe birds, though com- 
Northern 
mon in Hudfon’s Bay, are by no means plentiful ; Pv. 
they are feldom found near the fea coaft, but more 
frequently in frefh water lakes, and ufually in 
pairs. ‘They build their nefts at the edge of imall 
iflands, or the margins of lakes or ponds ; they 
lay only two eggs, and it is very common to 
find only one pair and their young in one fheet 
of water ; a great proof of their averfion to foci- 
ety. They are known in Hudfon’s Bay by the 
name of Loons. They differ in fpecies from the 
Black and Red throated Divers, having a large 
black bill near four inches long ; plumage on the 
back of a gloffy black, elegantly barred with 
white; the belly of a filver white; and they are 
fo large as at times to weigh fifteen or fixteen 
pounds. 
