34Q I> I V E. R. 



2. Colymbus immer, Lin. Syft. i. p. 232. 6. — Brun. 129. — MuIIer, p. 29- 



+- IMBER D. Le grand Plongeon, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 105. 1. pi. 10, fig. 1. — Buf. Oif. viiL 



p. 251. — PL Enl. 914. 

 Colymbus maximus Gefneri, Rail Syn. p. 126. 8. — Will. Orn. p. 342. 

 Ember Goofe, Siblald Scot. 21. — Wallace Orkney, 16. — Debts Ferret* 



IJles, 138. — Pontop. ii. 80. 

 Imber, Br. Zaol. N° 238. pi. 84. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Mujr 



Description. HP H I S fpecies is lefs than the Northern Diver, and mea- 

 fures above two feet in length. The bill is four inches 

 and a quarter long, and of a dufky brown : the top of the heady, 

 and hind part of the neck, are brown: forehead, and fides of the 

 head and neck, fpeckled with brown : the back and wings brown";, 

 each feather margined with a paler brown : on the middle of 

 the neck the brown comes very forward, and almoft furrounds it ;. 

 above this it is fpotted black and white : except thefe markings, 

 all the under parts, from chin to vent, are white ; but the laft is. 

 mottled with brown : quills and tail brown, the laft edged with 

 white : legs dufky.. 

 Female. The female is faid to be lefs defined in colour, being merely 



brown on the upper parts; of a dufky white beneath; and fcarcely 

 fpeckled at all on the fides of the neck. In the Leverian Mu~ 

 fetim is one anfwering to this laft defcription ; and in my own. 

 collection another of the fame ; but we have ever efteemed them- 

 as birds not in an adult flate. 

 Place and This fpecies is better known in the northern parts of this 



ifland than the fouthern, where it feldom appears, except the 

 winter be very fevere. Inhabits the feas about the Orknies, and; 



the 



