NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Description. 



quill feathers of the wings, are blackish, the lesser 

 rows underneath are white. 



The bill appears compressed sideways, and is 

 narrow, of a reddish colour; the tongue a little 

 cloven, the eyes dark with a sort of red mixture. 

 The claws appear broad, resembling in some de- 

 gree the nails of a man's hand, on one side quite 

 black, the other of a pale blue, or rather of an 

 ash colour, the outermost toe longer than the 

 rest, both the legs and toes are broad and flat. 

 It feeds on small fishes, sea weeds, &c. 



THE CRESTED DIVER 



IS about the size of a duck ; the bill, that part 

 especially towards the head is of a reddish co- 

 lour, and in length is something more than two 

 inches ; on the top of the head and neck, is a 

 beautiful crest of feathers, those on the neck ap- 

 pearing like a collar or ruff, and seem a good 

 deal bigger than they really are ; those on the 

 top of the head are black, those on the sides of 

 the neck, are of a reddish or cinerous colour; 

 the back and wings are of a darkish brown, pretty 

 much inclining to black, except some of the ex- 

 terior edges of the wing feathers, which are 

 white. The breast arid belly are of a light ash- 

 colour; it has no tail; the legs and toes broad, 

 and flat, much like those before described. 1$ 



