BRITISH BIRDS. 379 



THE GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 



LOON, IMBRIM, OR EMBERGOOSE. 



(Coly in-biis (Uncial is, Linn. Plongeon itnbrim, 

 Temm) 



THE Great Diver weighs about sixteen pounds; 

 measures three feet six inches in length, and four 

 feet eight in breadth. The bill is black, four 

 inches and a half long, and strongly formed: the 

 head is of a deep black, glossed with green and 

 purple reflections : the neck appears as if wrapped 

 obliquely round with a bandage of the same colours 

 as the head ; the feathers in the spaces between are 

 white, streaked down the middle with narrow black 

 lines; the sides of the breast are marked in the 

 same manner: the whole of the upper parts are 

 black, spotted with white: the spots on the scapu- 

 lars are the largest, and of an oblong square shape, 



