ClafsII. GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 4I3 



S teller fays, whitifh fpotted with ruft-color, and 

 fpeckled with afh-color. 



Genus XII. DIVERS. 

 I. The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 



Clufius's Wil. orn. 342. Brijjon a<v. vi. 120. tab. 11. 



Raiijyn. a<v. 125. fig. 1. 



Mergus maximus Farrenfis, five Colymbus glacialis. Lin. Jyjl. 



Ar&icus. Clujii exot. 102. 221. 



Colymbus maximus ftellatus Norvegis Brufen, Groenlandis 



noftras. Sib. hiji. Scot. 20. Tiulik. Brunnich. orn. 134. 



tab. 15. Br. Zoo!. 139. 

 Le grand Plongeon tachete. 



^HE length of this fpecies is three feet five Defer. 



*■ inches : its breadth four feet eight : the bill to 

 the corners of the mouth four inches long ; black and 

 ftrongly made. The head and neck are of a deep 

 black : the hind part of the latter is marked with a 

 large fernilunar white band : immediately under the 

 throat is another •, both marked with black oblong 

 ftrokes pointing down : the lower part of the neck is 

 of a deep black, gloffed with a rich purple : the whole 

 under fide of the body is white : the fides of the breaft 

 marked with black lines : the back, coverts of the 

 wings, and fcapulars, are black, marked with white 

 fpots : thofe on the fcapulars are very Jarge, and of a 

 fquare fhape •, two at the end of each feather. The 

 tail is very fliort, and almoft concealed by the coverts, 

 which are dufky fpotted with white : the legs are black. 

 Thefe birds inhabite the northern parts of this ifland, 

 D d 2 live 



