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The fpeckled Diver, or Loon. 
r T 1 HI S Bird appeared to me to be of the Bignefs of a Tame Duck. Its Bill 
from the Point to the Angles of the Mouth was three Inches ; the Wing when 
clofed was eleven Inches 5 the Leg near three Inches 5 the middle and outer Toes 
near four Inches long. I am inform'd that this Bird is the Cock of the Red-Throat - 
Ducker , defcribed P. 97 of this Work. 
The Bill is ftrait, ending in a {harp Point, and Black of Colour 5 the Feathers 
from the Forehead cover the Bill almoft to the Noftrils; the Fore-part of the Head 
is Black ; the Hinder-part of the Head and Neck is of a light Alh-Colour ; on the 
Fore-part of the Neck, from the lower Part of the Head to the Bread, is a long black 
Spot having a changeable Glofs of Purple and Green ; this Spot, or Mark of Black, 
is divided from the Afh-Cclour on the Hinder-part of the Neck, by Lines of White, 
fpotted with Black, that pafs down the Sides of the Neck, and cover the Sides of the 
Bread at the Bottom of the black Throat; the Back, upper Sides of the Wing, and 
Tail are cover’d with black Feathers, fpotted with White in fome Parts, viz. on the 
long Feathers that fall from the Shoulders, and partly cover the Back, with large 
fquare white Spots, which form a Sort of Checkers on the Back; the Covert Feathers 
of the Wings are marked with fmall round white Spots ; the greater Quills, Rump, 
and Tail are fpotlefs ; it hath fome White on the Ridge of the Wing ; the inner 
Covert-Feathers of the Wings are White ; the Sides under the Wings, and the 
Outfides of the Thighs are Black ; the Belly is White ; the Coverts beneath the 
Tail White, with fome tranfverfe Marks of Black; the Legs and Feet are 
Black, but the Infides of the Legs incline a little to Flefli-Colour ; the outer Toe is 
equal in Length to the middle Toe ; the three Toes forward are webbed together as 
in Ducks; it hath a fmall Web within Side of the inner Toe, and a very 
fmall Back-Toe : Its Nails are fiat like thofe of a Man’s Hand 3 the Legs are 
broad and fiat. 
This Bird was brought from Hudfon's-Bay by Mr. IJham , together with one of 
thofe I have defcribed, P. 97. He lays, they are Male and Female. Thefe Birds, are 
common to the Northern Parts both of Europe and America ; the above defcribed 
being no other than the Lumme of Wormiu r, a farther Account of it may be fee n in 
Wilhigkbys Ornithology, P.343. They are fometimes taken by the Greenland Whale- 
F fibers, and they are known to breed in Norway . Mr. TJham fays, the Natives of 
Mudfon %~Bay call this Bird Moquo* 
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