533 DIVER. 



the breadth four feet eight inches. The bill is four inches and a 

 half long, and black : the head and neck of a deep velvety black : 

 under the chin is a patch of white, marked with feveral parallel 

 lines of black: on each fide of the neck a large portion of the 

 fame, elegantly marked with black lines, like the firfb, almoft 

 uniting at the back part : fides of the breaft marked in the fame 

 manner, but the lines not fo numerous : the hind part of the 

 neck, back, wing coverts, and fcapulars, are black, marked with 

 round fpots of white, which grow larger as they are fartheft 

 downwards ; and on the fcapulars, and part of the larger coverts, 

 the fpots are ofafquare form, and placed in rows: the quills 

 and tail are black : the wings are fhort : the breaft and under 

 parts white : legs black. 

 Female. The female is lefs; and in her the ring on the neck is lefs 



diftin£t. In young birds alfo the plumage does not feem foon to 

 come to perfection, even when of a confiderable fize ; hence we 

 fufpect that the bird does not arrive at perfection till the fecond 

 year at leafi. 

 Place and This fpecies inhabits feveral parts of the North of Europe, but 



is not very frequent on our Ihoresj nor ever feen fouthzvard, ex- 

 cept in very fevere winters. Seldom met with on land *, being 

 for the moft part on the open fea, where it is continually diving 

 for fijh, which it does with great agility, and flies high and well.. 

 Is common in Iceland and Greenland ~\ 3 where it breeds, and at 



• One of thefe was caught alive near Ke/ivick, in Cumberland, in July, 1781.. 

 It was, as is fuppofed, making for the lake, but grew tired before it had power 

 to reach it. Dr. Heyjbam. — Jf'illugbby mentions one being taken in the ifland 

 of Jer/ey. 



t Alfo at Spitfiergeu. — Pbyppfs Foy. p. 187.- 



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Manners. 



