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BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE LOUGH DIVER. 
A description of this bird is given at page 244 of 
the British Water Birds, differing only very slightly 
from this specimen, the bill of which measures from 
the tip to the brow very little more than an inch; 
the head and hinder part of the neck are of a rusty 
chesnut; the upper part, and sides of the breast, 
to the wings, are darkish ash, tipped with grey; the 
shoulders and upper part of the back are clouded 
with dusky and grey; the lower part of the back is 
uniformly of the former colour, but towards the rump, 
the feathers are edged and tipped with a lighter colour ; 
the tail consists of sixteen dark hoary grey feathers; 
and the scapulars partake much of the same colours ; 
the sides are ash colour ; the belly and vent white. 
In the month of January, 1820, during a severe 
frost, three of these birds made their appearance on 
the River Tyne, and were all killed at one shot ; they 
were nearly all alike. This figure was drawn from 
one of them, after it had been staffed. 
