D* I V E R. 341 



zheFerrce IJles. Found alfo in Iceland, and moft parts of Northern 

 Europe; likewife in Kamtfchatka ■, but not in any part of Sibiria 

 or Rujia. Inhabits Switzerland, particularly on the Lake Con- 

 fiance, where it is known by the name of Fluder. Said to dive 

 wonderfully well, and to rife at an amazing diftance from the 

 place where it plunged. Makes the neft among the reeds and 

 flags, and places it in the water; fo that it is continually wet, as 

 in fome of the Grebe genus. Has a loud fhrill cry. Is difficult 

 to be taken, either on land or fwimming on the water; but is 

 not unfrequently caught under the water, by a hook baited with; 

 a/mall fijh, its ufual food-*. 



Colymbus ftellatus, Brun. N° 130. — Miiller, N° 159. 3. 



Le petit Plongeon, Br:/. Orn. vi. p. 108. 2. pi. 10. fig. 2. — Buf. Oif. villi _ 4 ~ SPECKLED D-. 



p. 254. pi. 21. — PI. Enl. 992. 

 Greateft tailed Diver, or Loon, Rail Syn. p. 125. A. 4. var l-—Will. Orn. 



p. 341. pi. 61. 

 Colymbus caudatus ftellatus, Ncv. Com. Petr. iv. p. 424, — Will. Orn. 



pi. 62. 

 Greateft lpeckled Loon, Albin, i. pi. 82. — Br. Zool. N° Z39. — Artl. Zool. 



N°44i. 



Br. Miif.- Lev. Muf. 



HpHIS is frill lefs than the Imber : weighs two pounds and Description. 



a half: is twenty-feven inches in length, and three feet 

 nine in breadth. The bill is three inches long, and bends a 

 trifle upwards; of a pale horn-colour; the top of the upper 



* Sometimes taken twenty yards deep under water, viz. with a nst, or iron* 

 hook baited with a fijb. They are commonly fold for two drachms and a half 

 of filyer apiece, — WMughby. 



mandible 



