GEN. 



DIVER. 



SPE. 



SPECKLED DIVER. 



PI. 229. 



Le petit Plongeon. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 108. 



This fpecies weighs near three pounds : its length is twenty-feven inches, 

 breadth three feet nine. The bill is three inches long, inclining upwards at 

 the end, of a pale yellowifh brown colour : top of the head, and back of the 

 neck, grey, mottled with fmall whitifh fpecks : upper part of the body, dark 

 brownilh grey, thickly fpotted with white : throat, and under parts of the 

 body, glofiy white : quill feathers, and tail, dark grey : legs, pale greenifh 

 yellow : webs brown. 



It frequents our fea fhores, lakes, and rivers, in winter. On the Thames it 

 is called the fprat loon, as it is a conftant attendant on the fprats. 



