NORTHERN DIVER. 
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NATATORES. 
COLYMBIDM. 
PLATE CCLXXVII. 
NORTHERN DIVER. 
COLYMBUS GLACIALIS. 
The Northern Diver is a constant winter visitant on the 
northern coast of England, but very few adult birds are 
met with in comparison to the young and immature. The 
countries frequented by this species during the summer 
months are the most northern parts both of the Old and 
New World, namely, Greenland, Finland, the northern parts 
of European and Asiatic Russia, Kamtschatka, Amalaschka, 
and all the adjoining islands; including Iceland, the Orkneys, 
and Hebrides. On the approach of winter, the usual in¬ 
ducement forces the Northern Diver, like many other birds 
of passage, to journey southward, during which time it is 
occasionally found in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Scot¬ 
land. 
The Dutch and French coasts are not much fre¬ 
quented by these birds. In North America this species 
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