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O R D. III. GEN. VII. DIVER. 



SPE. IV. BLACK-THROATED DIVER. 



PI. 230. 



Colymbus arcticus. Lin. Syft. I. p. 221. 



Le Plongeon a gorge noire. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 115. 



This fpecies is two feet two inches in length ; and three feet fix inches in 

 breadth. The bill is long, pointed, and black : head, grey : the neck, white, 

 variegated with ftripes of black, pointing downward: throat, of a gloffy, 

 changeable black; and a little lower, on the fore part of the neck, a patch of 

 the fame: back, and upper parts, black: the wing coverts, and fcapulars, 

 marked with fpots of white: quills, dark: tail, fliort, and black: legs, 

 blackifh : webs, large, and reddifh. 



It is rarely met with on the Englifh coaft, being an inhabitant of the more 

 northern parts of Europe. 



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