292 BIRDS. 



ance becomes, moreover, brightly streaked with red and 

 gold. In autumn this attraction is shed piecemeal. It is 

 after this bird, which has burrowed there from time 

 immemorial, that Lundy Island is named. It also breeds 

 in the Scilly Islands, among the Hebrides, and in fact 

 among all the wilder cliffs of the Scottish and Irish coasts. 

 Egg, 2% inches; dirty white (in collections), with small 

 brownish spots. It is said to be pure white at first, but I 

 have not taken it myself. 



2. THE DIVERS. 



The Great Northern Diver, a large and handsome bird, 

 must be regarded as a winter visitor to these islands, 

 t Great though it is said to breed in the Shetlands. 



Northern The black plumage is spotted with white; 



Diver. ^ G un( j e rparts are white ; and there are two 

 white streaked bands on the throat. It seeks food at con- 

 siderable depths. This bird is not uncommon off the 

 Cornish coast in early winter. Like the rest, it is awk- 

 ward on land, and is seen to best advantage in the water. 

 White- (or Yellow-) billed Northern Diver. A Polar bird 

 which has been obtained on four occasions only, all on the 

 east coast. It is a slightly larger bird. 



The Black-throated Diver, a rare visitor to England in 



the winter months, breeding in the north of Scotland 



Black- an( l among the isles, has the throat conspicu- 



throated ously black, with a narrow white streaked 



Diver. band. Eggs, 2, 3 inches ; greenish-brown, with 



black spots. 



Red . The Ked-throated Diver, or " Rain-Goose," 



throated as it is often called, has the throat conspicu- 

 Dlver - ously red in the spring and summer. Eggs, 

 2, 2^4 inches ; marked as those of the last. 



