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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



chest, white ; irides, red ; bill, black ; legs and feet, 

 blackish-brown. Length, about twenty-six inches. The 

 female is similar to the male, but smaller. The young 

 have the upper parts dull brownish-black, with light margins 

 on some of the feathers ; and the scapulars and wing-coverts 

 are spotted sparingly with white ; under parts, white. 



(Sreat IRortbern Diver. 



THE Great Northern Diver (Colymbus glacialis, Linnaeus) 

 is a fairly common autumn and winter migrant to the 

 British Isles, and is found inhabiting North-Western Europe 

 and North-Eastern America. The adult in summer has the 



