haunts in the tvinter. Mr. Gough informs us that fome were 

 feen on the rivers in Weftmoreland, November g, 1798, 

 which was confidered a very unufual circumftance. 



They generally arrive in this country in the month of 

 Odober, and do not leave till towards the end of April ; they 

 fly very quick and to a great height, making a loud noife 

 in their flight, and are remarkable good divers. 



The male bird is furnifhed with a labyrinth, and has a 

 fwelling in the trachia, by which the fpecies is readily difco- 

 vered, though fubje£l to confiderable variety in colour. 



Our figure was executed for the late William Curtis. 



