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ORD. III. GEN. VII. DIVER. 



SPE. II. IMBER DIVER. 

 PL 228. 



Colymbus immer. Lin. Syft. I. p. 232. 



Le grand Plongeon. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 105. 



This bird is the fize of a goofe. The bill is four inches long, ftrong, 

 fharp-pointed, and of a dark olive colour : top of the head, and hind part of 

 the neck, pale brownilh grey: fore part of the neck, bread, and belly, 

 white : back, and wings, dark tawny brown ; the edges of the feathers lighter 

 coloured than the reft: quill feathers, and tail, nearly black: wings, very 

 fhort, as in all the birds of this genus : legs, dark brown, and placed at the 

 extreme of the body: webs very large. 



It frequents the feas about the Orkneys, and in fevere weather vifits the 

 fouthem parts of Great Britain. Like the preceding fpecies it lives on the 

 fca. 



