DIVER. 



Hi) 



3.— BLACK-THROATED DIVER. 



Colymbus arcticus, hid. Orn. ii. 800. Lin. i. 221. Fn. suec. No. 150. Gm. Lin. i. 



587. It. Goth. 341. Brun. No. 133. Mullet, No. 154. Besl. Mas. 31. t. 17. 



Raii, 125. 7. fFi//. 259. t. G2. Frisch, Sup. p. 185. A. Act. Nidr. i. 140. t. 



2. f. 1. Jacq. Vog. 22. t. 7. Borowsk. iii. p. 59. 4. Fn. tfe/w. Bartr. Tr. p. 



293. ^(m«n. ac. iv. 587. jTcwi. Maw. GOO. Id. Ed. 2d. 914. 

 Mergus gutture nigro, Bris. vi. 115. Id. 8vo. ii. 391. 

 Grand Plongeon, PL enl. 914. — young bird. 

 Mergus arcticus, Klein, 141, 2. /rf. Ou. 35. t. 21. f. 1. 

 Der Schwarzkehlige Taucher, Bechst. Deuts. iii 775. Id. Ed. 2d. 914. 

 Polarente, Naturf. xiii. 140. 



Lumme, Buf. viii. 262. Worm. Mus. 304. t. Q. Q. Mus. Haff. i. t. 1. No. 2. 

 Worrnius's Doucher, called Lumme, Wi//. Engl. 343. § III. p. 62. 2. 

 Black-throated Diver, Gen. Syn. vi. 343. Br. Zool. ii. No. 241. pi. 85. f. 2. Jd. 



1812. ii. 170. pi. 30. f. 2. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 444. £cto. pi. 146. Bewick, ii. 



p. 195. £,eit>in, vi. pi. 229. Orn, Diet. 



THIS is about two feet in length. The bill nearly three inches, 

 slender, and black; hind part of the head and neck ash-colour; 

 sides of the last white, spotted with black ; on the fore part of the 

 neck a large black patch, five inches long, changing to purple and 

 green, in different lights; back and upper parts black; scapulars 

 marked with square spots of white ; wing coverts the same, but with 

 round spots; breast and belly white; quills dusky; tail short, black; 

 legs black, with a tinge of red on the inside. 



This bird is now and then found in England, in hard winters, 

 but is not common; is more plentiful in Austria, and other parts of 

 Germany ; more frequent in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark ; and 

 in the inland Lakes of Siberia ; especially those of the Arctic 

 Regions; also in Iceland, Greenland, and the Ferroe Isles; said to 

 make a great noise against rain ; hence the Norwegians think it 

 impious to destroy this species ; but the Swedes, less superstitious, 

 dress the skins, which like all of the Genus, are exceedingly tough, 

 so as to be used for gun-cases, and facings for winter caps; J is seen 

 about the Caspian Sea, in March. 



* Amcen. ac. iv. 587. f Arct. Zool. J Faun. suec. 



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