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EED-THEOATED DIYEE. 



RAIN GOOSE. SPRAT LOON. SPECKLED DIVER. FIRST SPECKLED DIVER. 



STRIPED DIVER. 



PLATE CCIV. FIG. II. 



Colymbus septentrionalis, LIKN^US. GMELIN. 



Colymbus striatus, GMELIN. 



Colymbus borealis, LATHAM. 



Colymbus stellatus, GMELIN. LATHAM. 



Mergus minor, B BIS SON. 



THE situations chosen by this species for laying, are by small pools 

 on low islands in the sea, the margins of inland lakes, and islets in 

 them, and watery places on higher grounds. 



The nest is nothing more than a few rushes or blades of grass and 

 moss, mixed, Selby says, with the down of the bird. It is placed 

 among the stones or gravel close to the water's edge, so that if need 

 be, the bird can slide at once into its all but native, and at all times 

 natural and congenial element. 



The eggs are two in number, and equally rounded at both ends. 



