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Coly mbits Glacialis , or Great Northern 
Diver. 
Head and neck, black; throat and 
hind part of the neck marked with a se¬ 
milunar spot of white, and with white 
streaks, varied with white spots: upper 
part of the body and wings black, varied 
with white spots: tail duskish; legs black. 
Some of them are found three feet five 
inches long, and weigh 16lbs. 
It makes its nest in the most remote 
parts of the North, in the islets of fresh 
water lakes. Each pair possesses a lake. 
Its sight is keen, flies well, and darting 
obliquely, drops safely into its nest. 
When pursued, it saves itself by diving; 
but when it has young ones, it does not 
make its escape, but strives to beat off 
its enemy with its bill. 
Emheriza Nivalis , or Snow Bunting, 
is found in vast numbers at Spitzbergen, 
and as it is graminivorous, its frequenting 
a country so ill provided with vegetables* 
