1 1 6 RED- THR OA TED DIVER. 



RED-THROATED DIVER. 



RAIN GOOSE. SPRAT LOON. SPECKLED DIVER. 

 FIRST SPECKLED DIVER. STRIPED DIVER. 



PLATE CCIV. FIGURE II. 



Colymbus septentrionalis, LINN^US. GMELIN. 



Colymbus strialus, GMELIN. 



Colymbus borealis, LATHAM. 



Colymbus stellatus, GMELIN. LATHAM. 



Mergus minor, BRISSON. 



nnHE situations chosen by this species for laying, 

 -L 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. They are of a dull brownish-green 

 colour, rather thickly spotted with dark brown. 



