348 THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Mr. Willett notes a specimen shot on the river at 
Newport. 
It is certainly much less common than either the great 
northern or the red -throated species. 
284. Colymbus septentrionalis. Red-throated 
Diver. 
A common winter visitor to the coast. 
Mr. Hart says they are found in his district from 
August until May, and examples in summer plumage are 
frequently procured. 
The Earl of Malmesbury has two specimens in his 
collection at Heron Court, one of which was shot on the 
Stour at Iford, in February, 1827, by Admiral Sir Edward 
Fitz-Harris. 
There is a specimen in the Alton Museum which was 
procured at Newton Valence in the autumn of 1893. 
Bury^ relates that on April 24th, 1839, one, which had 
been swallowed, was rescued alive from the jaws of a 
fishing-frog {Lophins fiscatorius), the body of the bird 
being in its stomach, and the head protruding from its 
throat into the mouth. It was pulled out, and lived for 
six months afterwards in the Zoological Society's Gardens ; 
but the fish was nearly dead. 
' " Notes on the Birds of the Isle of Wight." "Zoologist."' 1845. 
