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the similarly streaked sides of the neck. The habits of 

 the two birds are alike, but the present species is rarer 

 on our shores in winter. 



The smallest and most common of our Divers is 

 the Red-throated (C. stellatus), which breeds from 

 Argyllshire up the west of Scotland and thence to 



Red-throated Diver 



Caithness, the Orkneys and Shetlands, as well as in 

 north-west Ireland. In winter far larger numbers are 

 found on our coasts than breed in our islands, which 

 fact shews that there is an influx from abroad, where 

 the bird ranges throughout the Arctic and Subarctic 

 countries right round the Pole. In habits it resembles 



