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ORD. III. GEN. VII. DIVER. 



SPE. V. RED-THROATED DIVER. 

 PI. 231. 



Colymbus feptentrionalis. Lin. Syft. I. p. 220. 



Le Plongeon a gorge rouge. BriJ. Om. VI. p. III. 



This fpecies is two feet five inches in length, and weighs about three pounds. 

 The bill is ftraight, (lender, and of a dark horn colour: the head, fmall: neck, 

 long and taper, of a dull red colour down to the brealt, and on the lower part 

 are fome dufky lines, pointing downwards : all the upper parts of the body, 

 tail, and wings, of a deep grey; the neck marked with whitifh lines, pointing 

 downwards j the wing coverts and back, with whitifh fpots: under fide of the 

 body, white : legs, dufky. 



It breeds in the northern parts of Scotland, and migrates fouthward during 

 the winter. 



