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Black- 
throated 
Divers. 
Red-throat- 
ed Divers. 
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pounds. Their flefh it always black, hard, and 
- fithy, yet it is generally eaten by the Indians. 
BLack-THROATED Divers. This fpecies are 
more beautiful than the former; having a long 
white bill, plumage on the back and wings black, 
elegantly tinged with purple and green, and pret- 
tily marked with white fpots. In fize they are 
equal to the former; but are fo watchful as to 
dive at the flafh of a gun, and of courfe are {el- 
dom killed but when on the wing. ‘Their flefh 
is equally black -and fifhy with the former, but it 
is always eaten by the Indians. The fkins of thofe 
birds are very thick and ftrong, and they are fre- 
quently drefled with the feathers on, and made 
into caps for the Indian men. The fkins of the 
Eagle and Raven, with their plumage complete, 
are alfo applied to that ufe, and are far from be- 
ing an unbecoming head-drefs for a favage. 
Rep-THROATED Divers. This f{pecies are alfo 
called Loons in Hudfon’s Bay; but they are fo 
far inferior to the two former, that they feldom 
weigh more than three or four pounds. They, 
like the other f{pecies of Loon, are excellent di- 
vers; they always feed on fifth, and when in pur- 
fuit of their prey, are frequently entangled in fith- 
ing-nets, fet at the mouths of creeks and {mall 
rivers. hey are more numerous than either of 
ihe former, as they frequently fly in flocks; but 
like them make their nefts at the edge of the 
water, and only lay two eggs, which, though ve- 
ry rank and fifhy, are always eaten by Indians and 
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