Class II. RED THROATED DIVER. 415 



necks furrounded with a fpeckled ring : in fome the 

 fpots are round, in others oblong. 



III. The RED THROATED DIVER. 



Northern Doucker. Wil. orn. 343. 

 Rati fyn. a<v. 1 25. 

 Ediu. a<v. 97, 146. 

 Lumme. Wormii mm. 304. 

 Gunner, tab. 2. f» 2. 

 Colymbus feptentrionalis. C. 



arfticus. Lin.fyjl. 220,221. 

 Lom. Faun. Suec. fp. 150. 



Le Plongeon a gorge rouge — a 

 gorge noire. Brijfon a<v. vi. 

 1 f 1, & 115. /tf£. 1 1. fg. 1. 



IJlandis & Norvegis Loom v. Lum- 

 me, Z>a»H Lomm. Brunnicb. 

 132. 



2?r. Z00/ 1 40. 



Species whofe native country we iufpect to be 

 Norway •, but having received one fhot in Lan- 

 cajhire, and another taken alive on the river Dee, we 

 give it a place here. Its fhape is more elegant than 

 that of the others. The weight is three pounds : the Defer, 

 length, to the tail end 3 two feet ; to that of the toes, 

 two feet four inches : the breadth three feet five in- 

 ches. The head fmall and taper : the bill (trait, and 

 lefs ftrong : the fize about a fourth lefs than the pre- 

 ceding. The head and chin are of a fine uniform 

 grey : the hind part of the neck marked with dufky 

 and white lines, pointing downwards : the throat is 

 of a dull red : the whole upper part of the body, tail 

 and wings, of a deep grey almoft dufky, but the 

 coverts of the wings and the back, are marked with 

 a few white fpots : the underfide of the body w fiite : 

 the legs dufky. The fpecies with a black foot on the 

 neck is fuppofed to differ only in fex from this. It is 

 the Lumme of the Norwegians ; is laid to breed on the 



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