DIVER. 91 



the lakes : found in Russia, Siberia, and Kamtschatka,* but does not 

 haunt the inland lakes; common in Iceland and Greenland, breeds 

 in the last in June.f laying t wo ash-coloured eggs, the size of those 

 of the Hen, but more elongated, marked with scattered black spots ; 

 observed to breed in separate pairs, no two nests being found at a 

 moderate distance of each other, or in the same lake ; the nest made 

 on the shore, of moss and grass, near the water; it swims and dives 

 well, and flies admirably, when it is very noisy, especially in cloudy 

 weather ; more often met with on fresh waters than those of the sea ; 

 feeds on small fish, crabs, and sea insects; and the skin is put to the 

 same uses as that of the Black-throated Species. 



Inhabits America ; found at Hudson's Bay in the summer, ap- 

 pearing as soon as the rivers are open ; lays there in June, and lines 

 the nest with down from the breast ; the young fly before the end 

 of August; depart in September. They are called by the natives 

 Assee-moqua. They prey much on the fish entangled in the nets; 

 but are often thereby caught themselves. $ 



5- SPECKLED DIVER. 



Colymbus stellatus, Ind. Orn. ii. 800. Gm. Lin. i. 587. Brun. No. 130. Muller, 



No. 159. 

 Colymbus cristatus stellatus, Naturf. xxi. 9. 



maximus caudatus, Rail, 125. A. 4. Var? Will. 258. t. 61. Klein, 141. 1. 



Mergus minor, Bris. vi. 108. t. 10. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 3S9. Fn. Helo. 

 Plotus claudicans, Scop. i. No. 93. Klein, Stem. t. 37. f. 2. a. b. 

 Colymbus caudatus stellatus, N. C. Petr. iv. p. 424. Will. t. 62. 

 Der gesprenkelte Taucher, Bechst. Dents, ii. 778. 

 Le petit Plongeon, Bvf. viii. 254. pi. 21. PI. enl. 992. 



* Hist. Kamtsch. translated by Dr. Greive, p. 161. The spot on the fore part of the 

 neck is here called clay-colour. 



t Said to breed also on the more unfrequented lakes of Zetland. — Orn. Diet. Supp. 

 Mr. Bullock found a nest with two eggs, in the Isle of Hoy. 



X Fourteen have been taken out of a single net at one tide.— Mr. Hutchins. Other spe- 

 cies are also taken in the same manner. 



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