5i8 NORTHERN AND IMBER DIVER. 



LI. D I V E R. Gen. Birds, LXXXV. 



439. Northern. Br. Zool. il. N° 237. — LTmbrim, ou grand Plongeon de laMer de Nord, De Buffon, 

 viii. 2,58. — PL Enl. gi^z. 

 Colymbus Glaeialis, Lin. Syji. 221. — Latham, iii. — Lev, Mus. — Bl. Mus. 



With head and neck black : throat, and hind part of the neck, 

 marked with a fennilunar fpot of white, and with white 

 Itt'eaks pointing downwards : upper part of the body and wings 

 black, varied with white fpots : tail dufky : bread and belly white : 

 legs black. Lentcth three feet five inches. Extent four feet eight. 

 Weight fixteen pounds. 

 Plase. Inhabits the north of Europe, and fpreads along the ArElic coafts, 



as far as the mouth of the Oh only. Is found about Spitzbergen, 

 Iceland, Hudfori's Bay, and as low as New Tork. Makes its neft, in 

 the more northern regions, on the little ides of frefh-watcr lakes. 

 Every pair keeps a lake to itfelf. Sees well : flies very high, and, 

 darting obliquely, falls fecure into its neft. Tries to fave itfelf by 

 diving, not flying. The young defend themfelves ftoutly with their 

 bills. Appears in Greenlarid in April or the beginning of May. 

 Goes away in September or O£iober, on the firft fall of fnow. The 

 natives ufe the flcins for cloathing ; and the Indians about Hudfon's 

 Bay adorn their heads with circlets of their feathers. 



440. Iuc£R. Br. Zool. ii. N° 238.— Le Grand Plongeon, De Buffon, viii. 251.— P/. Enl. 251. 

 1 Colymbus Immer, Lin. Syft. zzz. — Latham, viu — Lev. Mus. — Bl. Mus. 



With a dufky head : back, coverts of wings, and tail, duflcy, 

 elegantly edged with greyifli white : primaries and tail 

 black : breaft and belly filvery : legs black : webs marked with 

 white ftripes. Larger than the laft. 

 Placb. Inhabits New York during winter. Extends to Kamtfchatka ; but 



in no part of Sibiria or RuJJia. Found in Iceland, and moft parts of 

 northern Europe. 



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