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of which, mouth I shot one of them with the red 

 throat-patch fully developed. I cannot say from 

 personal knowledge that the Red-throated Diver, 

 when hotly pressed or wounded, ever resorts to 

 the dodge so common amongst the Grebes and 

 certain other diving species, of simply just putting 

 the bill out of water as far as the nostrils to take 

 breath : on one occasion I saw one of this species, 

 knocked down with a broken wing by a long shot 

 from a boat, on the open water off Netley Hospital ; 

 I was in another boat, and feeling sure that the bird, 

 having lost half its diving power, would be easily 

 captured by the other boat's crew, we did not 

 " make in " to assist. This bird, however, although 

 it fell with a splash at least half a mile from land, 

 was never seen again by any of us, in spite of long 

 waiting and close examination of both shores to a 

 very considerable distance above and below the spot 

 where it fell. I must add that I never saw a 

 wounded Diver take to the shore, or even try to 

 conceal itself by resorting to the cover of aquatic 

 vegetation. In connection with the retention of 

 the red throat-patch, I may mention that Captain 

 J. A. M. Vipan (to whose kindness I am so greatly 

 indebted for frequent information upon ornithological 

 subjects) informed me that, whilst punting on the 

 AVash on October 28, 1886, he shot one of the present 

 species in full possession of that ornament. 



Since this article was in the printer's hands, 

 another specimen of this Diver has come into my 

 possession. This bird was killed on the Nen, close 

 to Northampton, on February 15, 1895, and was sent 

 to me on the following day by Mr. G. Bazeley. It 

 is, I think, adult. 



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