4864 THE ZooLocGist—APRriL, 1876. 
flesh. The dotterel is rarely met with in this neighbourhood. 
I have no knowledge of its occurrence since May, 1859, when 
three were killed at Runcton, near Chichester, one of which is in 
my collection. 
Divers.—The blackthroated diver (Colymbus arcticus) has been 
the most common of the three species along the coast this winter. 
I examined one at Chichester, on the 17th of November, which had 
a few black feathers only remaining on the throat. On the Ist of 
December I obtained a specimen from Pagham Harbour, in nearly 
perfect summer plumage, the upper part of the throat only having 
a few white feathers intermixed, giving it a gray appearance, the 
rest of the patch being of a pure glossy purplish black; the upper 
part of the head and back of neck a clear gray. The same day 
I saw two others, neither of which had any trace of the black 
throat; one of them was a very small specimen,—probably a bird 
of the year, perhaps a late-bred one,—measuring an inch less than 
two feet from tip of beak to tip of tail; bill, along ridge, one inch 
and three-quarters; carpus to tip, ten inches and a half: I examined 
this bird in the flesh, Several others occurred about the same 
time, some having a few of the black feathers, others none. In 
1860 the redthroated diver (C. septentrionalis) was very numerous: 
I remember seeing seven or eight hanging in a bunch one day in 
Chichester Market, and for some years after this was the most 
common of the three species. Since then the great northern 
(C. glacialis) has predominated, the redthroated only occurring 
sparingly ; and now, this winter, as before observed,—and as I see, 
by notes, from other parts,—the blackthroated has been of frequent 
occurrence, though generally said to be the most rare. On the 6th 
of December, 1864, I obtained a great northern in equally perfect 
summer plumage ; and I see Mr. Gatcombe writes (Zool. 8. S. 4783), 
“TY have known this state of plumage as late as the middle of 
December.” 
Smew (Mergus albellus)—December 5th. A smew, with red 
head, was killed at Bosham; and on the 10th I shot a female 
at Ratham. Two others—one an adult male—were killed 
about the same time in the neighbourhood. The stomach of 
my specimen contained freshwater shrimps, boat-flies and other 
insects. 
Spotted Redshank (Totanus fuscus).—Saw one, in the flesh, on 
the Ist of December, killed at Pagham Harbour, 
