440 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 
a running pike, straight out into the lake, so that for many feet I could 
see the cut of the water as it went.’ Aug 1rr. A bird in the down was 
brought me by a Samoyed, who declared that it ran out on to the 
ground when pressed. If it had not been told me by a man whose 
word I had the strongest reason to trust, I should not have quoted 
the statement. 
A monograph might be written on the ways of this bird and the last : 
which were an unfailing source of interest and wonder to me. But 
the following may be a useful note, for the noises of the divers are 
many and confusing. July 22. After a whole morning by our Scharok 
lake. ‘The notes of the red-throated diver when on the lake are 
reducible to two forms: (i.) A long-drawn-out cxy somewhere between 
a human wail and a cat-call (which we came to talk of as “mewing ”) ; 
and (ii.) a short of churning bark. The latter is made by one of the 
birds (I ¢hink by the female) when making up to the other. It is done 
by fits. A pair of birds will be swimming along one behind the other, 
when suddenly the leading bird will face round, lay its head down 
on the water and churn.’ The noise can be heard at a considerable 
distance, 
