BRITISH BIRDS. 
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BLACK-THROATED DIVER. 
[Colymhus Ar^tcus^ Lin .- — Le Lmnme, ou petit Plongeon de la 
mer du Nord^ Buff.) 
This bird is fomewhat bigger than the Red- 
throated Diver, and differs from it in its plumage ; 
but in every other refpe£t they are very much alike. 
The fore parts of the head, the throat, and front of 
the neck, are black, changing in different lights to 
gloffy purple or green : on the fides of the neck this 
long black patch is bordered by a ftripe of black and 
white oblong fpots, pointing downwards, and fall- 
ing over each fide of the breaft. The hinder part 
of the head and neck are afh-coloured : upper parts 
of the plumage black, marked on the fcapulars with 
fquare white fpots, and on the wing coverts with 
fmaller round ones : the under parts are white : 
quills dufky ; tail black ; legs dark, and reddifli 
on the infide. 
The Black-throated Diver, like the preceding, is 
common in all the Arctic regions, and but rarely 
vifits England. It has the fame difagreeable cries, 
which, in both kinds, are believed by the natives of 
Norway, the Orkney Ifles, &c. to forebode heavy 
rains or bad weather. Their ikins are dreffed, and 
made into caps, hoods, &c. and are much efteemed 
as a covering for the head and breaft in the rigorous 
climates in which they are found, the great thick- 
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