PLATE LVIIL 



Colyrnbus maximus flellatus noftras. Sib. Hi/I. Scot. 20. 'tab. 15. 

 CoIjmWs maxirnus caudatus. Rait Syn. p. 225. A. 4* 

 Northern Diver. Penn. Br. Zoel. 2. 523. 237. 



Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 337. 

 Created fpeclded Diver, or Loon, Will. Orn. p. 341. 



Allan. 3. pi 93. 

 Le grand plongeon taehete, Brif. Orn. 6. p. 120. 6. ^/. 11. _^r. i. 

 L'lmbrim, Buff. Oif, 6. p. 258. pi. 22. //. «i/. 952. 

 Groile Haib-Ente, Meer-Ncerlng. Frijch 2. 285. A. 



This is a large bird, it meafures more than three feet in length, 

 in breadth four feet fix inches : weight fixteen pounds. 



It is far from common on our mores, and is entirely confined to 

 the northern parts of the ifland, except in very fevere winters. If 

 we confider the authority of Albin worth quoting on this occafion, 

 we may conclude it was fcarcely known as a native of this country 

 in his time : he has given a figure of it in the third volume, plate 93. 

 and fays, " It was brought from Newfoundland, and prefented to the 

 Right Honourable the Lord Ilay> who was pleafed to lend it me to 

 draw its picture." Willoughby mentions one being taken in the 

 ifland of Jerfey ; and Latham, in a note, fays, " One of thefe was 

 caught alive near Ke/iuick, in Cumberland, in July, 1781. It was, 

 as is fuppofed, making for the lake, but grew tired before it had power 

 to reach it. Dr. Heyjham." 



This laft circumfhmce is very remarkable, as it lives for the moft 

 part on the open fea, and except in the breeding feafon feldom 

 frequents frefh waters ; nor are we certain whether it breeds on our 

 coafts, as many water birds migrate to Norway, Iceland, Greenland, 



&c. 



