NORTHERN DIVER. 



a kind of collar on the fore part of the neck of a 

 dusky-brown colour, and the feathers on the back 

 become blackish, with the rudiments of white spots. 

 In the second year the collar becomes more perfect, 

 and this part, with the head and neck, is varied with 

 blackish-green and brown feathers : the spots on the 

 back and wings become more numerous ; and the 

 band beneath the throat, and that on the nape, are 

 marked longitudinally with brown and white. In 

 the third year the plumage becomes perfect 



The Northern Diver appears to inhabit the arctic- 

 regions of Europe, Asia, and America, and is very 

 abundant in the Hebridal Islands, Norway, Sweden, 

 and Russia : it also occurs during its migrations in 

 the more northern climes of Germany, France, and 

 Switzerland ; though but rarely in England. It 

 seldom quits the sea or retires inland, except during 

 the period of incubation, when it repairs to the borders 

 of fresh water lakes, and the female deposits two large 

 eggs of a pale clear yellowish-colour, marked with very 

 large and small spots of ashy-purple. It feeds on 

 small fishes, especially herrings, their fry, injects, and 

 marine vegetables. 



