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straggler; sometimes driven inland by gales on the coast. 
According to Harley, one was captured in a turnip field, near the 
River Soar, at Cossington. Mr. Macaulay states (Mid. Nat., 
1882, p. 80) that in November, 1867, one, picked up nearly dead 
at Gumley, is in the collection of Rev. A. Matthews; and another 
was found dead at Billesdon in 1879. A fourth was caught alive 
at Nether Broughton, on Sept. 2nd, 1879; a fifth was found in a 
pigstye some seven or eight years ago; a sixth was caught by a 
retriever in a hedge at Billesdon, Coplow, in Dec., 1880; and 
Mr. Potter, of Billesdon, reports that in 1877 a specimen was 
killed by Mr. T. Tomblin, of the Coplow Farm. 
Order Pycoroprs.—F amily CotymBipz. 
Colymbus glacialis, Linn. Great Northern Diver.—The only 
authority I have for including this species in the present list is a 
statement by the late Mr. Widdowson, that it “has been killed 
here in immature plumage”; but as both of the following 
species, especially C. septentrionalis, so often do duty for this 
much rarer bird, I am inclined to think it ‘‘ not proven.” 
Colymbus arcticus, Linn. Black-throated Diver.—A rare 
strageler from the coast, and seldom found inland in mature 
plumage. According to the Rev. Thomas Gisborne, a specimen 
was met with at Donington Park. Upon this Harley remarks 
that “a second is reported to have been killed at Mountsorrel in 
1850.” More recently it was met with, on Jan. 4th, 1854, when 
he examined a male in mature plumage; its weight was 4 tbs. 
7 oz. Another, a female (in the plumage of the Lesser Imber of 
Bewick), was shot in the Abbey Meadow on the same day, 
probably driven inland by the gale which prevailed on Jan. 4th, 
and the severity of the north-east wind, which brought a 
hurricane of snow. The MS. Donation Book, Leicester Town 
Museum, contains an entry under date Jan. 4th, 1854, to the 
effect that an immature male was shot at a mill near the 
Abbey Meadow; and another, also immature (sex not stated, 
and presented by Mr. N. C. Stone), shot at Aylestone, Jan. 10th, 
1854. Macaulay states (Mid. Nat., 1882, p. 72) that “one was 
shot on Saddington Reservoir in Feb., 1874.” 
Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn. MRed-throated Diver.—A 
straggler inland, chiefly in winter, and nearly always in 
immature plumage. According to the Rev. Churchill Babington, 
