230 DUCK-LIKE DIVING BIRDS. 



before being able to rise, and iiever go to land 

 except in a dragging passage to and from the 

 nest, which is placed a few yards from the water's 

 edge. 



BLACK-THROATED DIVEIU-27 inches; gray on head 

 and neck, contrasting with black throat. Breeds on the 

 lochs in the north of Scotland, coming south in winter. 

 Habits generally as Great Northern Diver. Eggs, 2; 

 3 '25 X 2-15 inches (plate 131). 



RED-THROATED DIVER— 23 inches ; upper parts brown, 

 streaked and spotted with black and white ; throat and 

 sides of neck plain gray, with a bright ruddy patch 

 from throat to fore-neck ; under parts white. Breeds 

 on the Scotch lochs, coming south to the English coasts 

 and inland waters in winter. Habits generally like those 

 of Great Northern Diver. Eggs 2; 2-75 x 1-8 inches 

 (plate 131). 



GREAT CRESTED GREBE.— Plate 101. Length, 

 2 1 inches. Crown and crest dark brown ; tippet 

 round the throat chestnut, dark-edged below ; upper 

 parts brown ; a conspicuous white patch in the wing 

 when opened ; face, fore-neck, and under parts white; 

 bill red. Resident. 



Eggs. — 3—5, white when laid, but soon becoming 

 sullied in the nest formed of decaying reeds and 

 flags, and placed in or on the water about the 

 sides of lakes. The eggs measure 2'2 x 1"5 inches 

 (plate 133). 



The Great Crested Grebe is known as a breeding 

 bird on the larger meres in many parts of England 

 and Ireland, and less commonly in Scotland, whilst 



