70 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



belly, and vent white. Under tail-coverts dusky. 

 Legs, toes, and webs dark brown on the outside, 

 reddish or pale brown on the inside. 



The female is a trifle smaller than the male, 

 and has a darker head and neck. 



Situation and Locality. In a hollow on the 

 ground, amongst the stones and shingle of secluded 

 mountain tarns and loch shores, sometimes amongst 



BLACK-THROATED DIVERS' BREEDING HAUNT 



the grass, but rarely far from the water (the farthest 

 I have ever seen was ten feet) ; also on small 

 grassy islands in bodies of fresh water. Indeed, 

 most of the nests I -have seen have been situated on 

 small islands. The bird is a great lover of old 

 haunts. In the north-west of Scotland and the 

 Outer Hebrides. 



Materials. Roots, stalks, or aquatic herbage, 

 lined with grass, sometimes nothing whatever. The 

 nest figured in our illustration was made entirely 

 of rushes plucked from its immediate surround- 

 ings. 



