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The Dohchich Colymbus minor. [ 



Numb. LXXVI. 



THE Shape of its Body is like that of the I'eal, but lefier by ahnoft a third Part ; 

 its Weight was feven Ounces and three quarters; Length, from the Tip of the 

 Bill to the End of the Claws, ten Inches and a half; Breadth, when the Wings were 

 extended, was fixteen Inches and a half; its Bill, from the Point to the Angles of th& 

 Mouth, is one Inch, ftreight, (harp, almoft like a Thrufi's Bill, thicker at the Head, 

 .and leflening by Degrees to the Point ; the upper Chap black, excepting only its Tip 

 and Sides, which are of a white or pale yellow, as is alfo the whole lower Mandible. 

 The Tongue is long, fharp, like the Bill, and cloven ; the Noftrils are a little remote 

 from the Feathers ; the Eyes great with hazel coloured Irides; the whole Body is in- 

 verted with a thick and foft Plumage or Down, efpecially on the under Side; its Colour 

 on the Back is a dusky or dark brown, on the Belly a white or rather filver Colour j 

 the Chin white, the Head and Neck darker than the Belly, lighter than the Back; the 

 Throat and Sides of the Neck are a little red ; the lower Belly of a fordid dusky Co- 

 lour; the Thighs have a little mixture of red ; the Neck is flender, fcarce [an hand's 

 Breadth long ; its__ Wings are fmall and concave, each having twenty fix Quill-Feathers, 

 the twelve outmoft are of a moufe dun or blackifh brown; the interiour to the twenty 

 third party coloured, the outer Webs being dusky, the inner partly white, the white 

 Part being in the nearer to the Body, broader, in the more remote Feathers, narrower ; 

 as for the lefTer Row of Wing-Feathers, thofe above are black, thole beneath white; 

 h hath no Tail at all, but yet hath the Rump-glandules, though leffer than ordinary, 

 out of which fprings a Brufli, or Tuft of Feathers, as in other Birds; the Legs are fi- 

 tuate very backwards at the End of the Body, made rather for fwimming than walk- 

 ing (fo that it cannot walk but with the Body ered: almoft perpendicularly) comprefTed 

 or flat, of a fordid green Colour, ferrate behind with a double Row of Afperities ; 

 the Soles of the Feet are black; the Feet are divided. into three broad Toes, finned on 

 each fide with lateral Membranes, having thin, broad, blunt Claws like human Nails, yet 

 are the Toes joined together by intervening Membranes from the Divarication to the 

 firfl Joint ; it hath a fmall back Toe, finned in like Manner on each Side, two blind 

 -Guts of a moderate Length, no Labyrinth on the Wind-pipe, a membranaceous Stomach, 

 ilrong mufculous Thighs, by the help whereof it fwims very fwiftly, diving down to 

 the Bottom, and rifing again at Pleafure. From the Make and Conformation of its 

 Parts, it moves with more Eafe and Expedition under Water, than either upon the Sur- 

 face of the Water, or upon the Land, As foon as it is rifen above Water, it holds up 

 its Head, looks about it, and with wonderful Celerity plunges it felf under Water again; 

 it can hardly raife itfelf up out of the Water, but when it is once gotten upon the 

 Wing, it can hold out flying a long time. The Stomach of one difleded, was full of 

 Grais and Weeds; Bellonii:s faith, it willingly feeds upon Fiflies, being roafted fmells 

 very ftrong, and is not very agreeable to the Tafte. 



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