BRITISH BIRDS. 
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SECOND SPECKLED DIVER. 
The length of this bird, to the end of the tail, is 
two feet four inches, and rather more to the end 
of the longefl: or outfide toe ; the extended wings 
are three feet four inches, from tip to tip ; and it 
weighs three pounds and a quarter. The bill, from 
the tip to the brow, is two inches and an eighth, 
and a little more than three inches to the corners of 
the mouth : both mandibles are white, faintly blufh- 
ed with a livid or purple call, except on the ridge 
of the upper one, where it is of a dark horn-colour, 
fading off lighter towards the tip, which is entirely 
white : the irides are of a clear brown. The head 
and hinder part of the neck have a hoary dark 
afli-coloured appearance, at a little diftance ; but 
on a nearer view, the feathers on the crown and 
brow, which are very fmall, are dark in the middle, 
and diftindtly edged with light grey; thofe from 
the nape downwards are larger, but the edges are 
lefs defined. The Tides of the mouth, about the 
