GEEAT NOETHEEN DIVEE. 



COLYMBUS GLACIALIS, Linn. 



Colymbus glacialis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 221 (1766) ; Macg. v. 



p. 283; Heicitson, ii. p. 449; Yarr. eel. 4, iv. p. 96; 



Dresser, viii. p. 609. 

 Eudytes glacialis, Naum. xii. p. 397. 



Plongeon-imbrin, French; Eis-Seetaucher, German; 

 Patoula, Galician. 



Almost every individual of the three British species 

 of the genus Colt/mbus that is killed at any distance 

 from the sea, and recorded in the local press, is honoured 

 with the name of " Great Northern Diver ; " but to 

 those of my readers who have any acquaintance with 

 British ornithology it is almost needless to state that 

 the appearance of the present species on inland waters 

 in England is exceptional, and that the majority of the 

 records to which I allude relate in fact to the Red- 

 throated Diver. Off our coasts, however, the Great 

 Northern Diver is by no means uncommon during 

 autumn, winter, and early spring. In the very cold 

 snowy weather of the early part of April 1876 we 

 found a great many of these birds frequenting the bay 



