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2. IMMER, IMBER, GREAT DOUCKER. 



C. cor pore supra nigricante albo undulato subtus 

 toto albo. Lath. 



The bill is four inches and a quarter long; of a 

 dark brown colour; the irides are redish; above 

 dusky, speckled with white and ash colour ; the 

 breast and belly silvery white ; primaries and tail 

 black ; the legs dirty lead colour. 



Length 3 feet; breadth 3 feet 8 inches. 



The lesser imber (of Bewick) is the female. 



She forms her nest amongst tufts of grass and 

 lays 3 large eggs of a dark olive colour, spotted 

 with black. (tVer. Trans, vol 2. p. 232 J 



CTT7T T ATTTC ? SPRATLOON, SPECKLED 



1 &LLA 1 U 2>. 



C. cinereo-fuscus lineolis albidis varius subtus albus, 

 capite et collo superioribus cinereis, pennis ad 

 latera cinereo-albofanbriatis. Lath. 



The bill is about three inches long a little turned 

 up, of a light colour ; plumage above grey, speckled 

 with white; beneath wholly white; the tail consists 

 of 20 black feathers, some tipped with white ; feet 

 finned. 



Length 2 feet 4 inches ; breadth 3 feet 4 inches. 



The female lays two dingy stone coloured eggs. 



4. SEPTENTRIONALIS. } RE T B H * A DI " 



j > ER, OR LOON 



C. corpore supra nigricante subtus albo, collo antice 

 macula scutiformi ferruginea. 



The bill is dark ; irides are red ; the throat is dull 

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