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When** the young leave the nest they 
are of a pretty uniform dusky brown upon 
the upper parts, and whitish underneath 
the body. At their first moulting, the 
space between the eyes and the beak, all 
the lateral parts of the neck, throat, and 
other inferior parts, are of a perfect white ; 
top and back of the head dusky ash-colour, 
finely edged with white ; back, scapulars, 
and rump, dusky brown, but interspersed 
with a great number of small white spots, 
placed upon the margin of the beards; 
wing coverts edged towards the end with 
white ; beak whitish ash-colour, but dark- 
est above ; irides brown ; legs externally 
brown, internally, as well as part of the 
webs, whitish ash-colour. In this state it 
is the Colymbus Stellatus of Gmelin, and 
the Speckled Diver of Latham, &c. 
The young at the age of one year have 
the throat and sides of the neck ash-coloured 
as in the old birds ; the back of the neck is 
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* We recently preserved a specimen of the immature of 
this species for J. Porth, Esq.; it was presented to that gen- 
tleman by Capt. Parry, who killed it in the Arctic regions. — 
Our portrait of the immature bird was taken from a recent 
specimen sent to us by Mr. W. H. Smith, of Yarmouth. 
