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rarely. The young birds, however, migrate in considerable 

 numbers to more temperate climes, and are found at that 

 period in the open parts of the Baltic, in the Elbe, and on 

 the coast of Holland." 



Linnaeus, in his Lapland tour, mentions having seen this 

 bird at Lycksele, Lulea, and Tornea ; caps are made of the 

 skin of it, which is very tough when properly prepared. 

 Linnaeus observes, also, that this bird uttered a melancholy 

 note ; and Sir Arthur de Capel Brooke says its voice re- 

 sembles that of a human being in distress. A few of this 

 species are said to be found in Russia, and on the inland 

 lakes of Siberia ; it is not uncommon in winter in Holland,, 

 and some parts of Germany ; is very rare in France, but 

 young birds in winter have been sometimes by chance 

 taken as far south as Switzerland, Provence, and Italy. 

 M. Temminck says that specimens from Japan exactly 

 agree with those found in Europe. 



The Black-throated Diver is found in the United 

 States. The bird figured from by Edwards was brought 

 from Hudson's Bay, on the shores of which it is common. 

 Sir Edward Parry brought home specimens from Melville 

 Peninsula ; and Dr. Richardson says that the skins of 

 this and the other species of Divers, being tough and 

 impervious to wet, are used by the Indians and Esquimaux 

 as an article of dress. 



In the adult bird the beak is dark bluish-black ; in form 

 slightly inclining upwards ; the irides red ; forehead dark 

 grey, top of the head, and back of the neck light ash-grey ; 

 back, rump, and tail-feathers nearly black ; inter-scapular 

 and tertial-feathers with a square patch of white on each 

 side of the shaft, forming a series of transverse bars; wing- 

 coverts black, with a few specks of white ; primary quill- 

 feathers black ; chin and throat black, divided by a half 

 collar of short white lines ; sides and bottom of the neck 



