The Hijlofy ^ANIMALS. 44^' 
The legs are fhort, but robuft3 they are of a deep blackifh colout, and ftand far 
very backward, that it is plain they were intended for fwimming, not for walking. 
This is very frequent about Norway and Sweden, and fome places much farther 
North. It dives to a wonderful degree, keeping under water fo long, and making fa 
confiderabie a progrefs under it, as furprizes every body that fees it. It lays but one 
egg, but that very large. The eggs and the bird itfelf are eaten, and extreamly va¬ 
lued in many places. The Ikin alfo, when the feathers are taken off, is dried, and 
ufed in many places as fwan-lkin, by way of warmth, but is faid to excel it. Moft 
of the writers on thefe fubjedts have defcribed it. Clufius calls it Mergus maximus 
Farrenfis five ardticus. Wormius, Colymbus ardticus Lumme didtus 5 Willughby and 
Ray, Colymbus ardticus 3 and Bartholin, limply. Anas aquatica. 
Colymbus pedibus lobato-divijis , capite nigro . 
The Colymbus , with the toes lobated and di - 
vided , and with a black head\ 
This is a very pretty bird 5 it’s lize is about that of the widgeon : the head is large, 
and fomewhat deprefled on the crown 3 the eyes are large and bright 3 their iris is of a 
deep dufky hazel, and the pupil of a greenifh-black : the beak is an inch and a quar¬ 
ter ip length, black all over, and large at the bafe, but lharp at the point, and com- 
prelfed all the way : the feathers on the top of the head, and thofe on the upper part 
of the neck alfo, are elevated in fuch a manner, that the bird has not only a creft, but 
a kind of horns alfo, though they are Ihort. 
The upper part of the head is of a deep black; the lides are of a reddilh-brown 2 
the upper part of the throat is white, and there is alfo a white fpace on each fide of 
the head, about the eyes; and this white on each part has fomewhat of the reddilh- 
brown adjoining to it: the neck is moderately long, and is partly black, and partly of 
this reddilh-brown : the bread; and belly are of a white colour, with an admixture of 
the reddilh-brown, but it is faint, and lefs conliderable. 
The back and the upper furface of the wings are in general black, but there are 
fome feathers of a reddilh-brown, intermixed with the black ones: the wings are 
Ihort, but they are not fo extreamly Ihort as in fome of the former fpecies, in which 
they feem fcarce defigned for any thing more than Ikimming along the water : this 
fpecies, on the contrary, flies very well 3 the long feathers are all of a dufky whitifh 
colour, and fo is the upper verge of the wing5 the edges downward are of a rufty 
brown, but fo deep, that it approaches to black. 
The legs are Ihort, but they are very robuft3 they are fomewhat flatted in figure 3 
the feet are large 3 the toes on each of them edged with a membrane on both lides, 
but they are not webbed 3 the membranes not conjoining into one, but leaving the toes 
a liberty of feparating from one another to any diftance. 
This is a native of England, and of moft other parts of the North of Europe* 
but it is not fo common as many of the other fpecies. It builds with us among fedge 
and reeds, and lays four or five moderately large eggs. Moft of the writers on birds 
have defcribed it. Gefner calls it Colymbus major 3 Aldrovand, Colymbus major crif- 
tatus 5 Willughby and Ray, Colymbus major criftatus et cornutus. We call it the 
horned Didapper. 
Colymbus pedibus lobato-divijis , capite rufo . 
The Colymbus , with the feet lobated and di¬ 
vided , and with a reddifo-brown head . 
Dobrtjictt. 
This is a very lingular and a very pretty bird 3 it is fmaller than the common teal, 
and, as it is feen fwimming on the waters, appears like the young of fome of the duck- 
5 X ’ kind. 
