. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . rump, tail, and wings, black, edged with grey : quill fea-thers black: tail very short and rounded. The wholeunder side of the body, from the throat to the tail, silverywhite, except a brown bar which crosses the vent: innercoverts of the wings white: legs remarkably flat, andplaced close to the tail; they are black and grey, with ablue tinge : the feet are very large,, webs entire and flesh BRITISH BIRDS. 173 colour. Length two feet one inch ; extent of the wingsthree feet two inches : weight three pounds eight bird was
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . rump, tail, and wings, black, edged with grey : quill fea-thers black: tail very short and rounded. The wholeunder side of the body, from the throat to the tail, silverywhite, except a brown bar which crosses the vent: innercoverts of the wings white: legs remarkably flat, andplaced close to the tail; they are black and grey, with ablue tinge : the feet are very large,, webs entire and flesh BRITISH BIRDS. 173 colour. Length two feet one inch ; extent of the wingsthree feet two inches : weight three pounds eight bird was shot on Windermere Lake, in Westmor-land, in December, 1794-. This work is indebted for the above drawing and de-scription, to Geo. Strickland, Esq. of Ripon, who furtheradds,— As this species of the Colymbus much resemblesthe Imber in the colour of its plumage, I have given itthe name of the Lesser Imber, as in weight and size it isone-third less. I have not met with any description ofit, and the specimen now in my possession is the onlyone I have THE FIRST SPECKLED DIVER. SPRAT LOON, GREATEST-TAILED DIVER, OR SPECKLED LOON. {ColymbuspUattis, Lin.—Lepetit Pkngeon, BufF.) This species generally weighs about two pounds and a•half, and somewhat exceeds two feet in length, and threeand a half in breadth. The bill is three inches long, of y 2 174 BRITISH BIRDS. a light colour, and has rather a cast upwards : the crownof the head and upper parts of the body are dusky, in-•clining to grey; and, excepting the hinder part of theneck, lesser coverts and quills, which are plain, the restof the plumage is speckled all over with small white spots ;those on the scapulars and middle wing coverts are thelargest, and marked more distinctly on the margins ofeach feather, near to their tips. The fore part of theneck is of an ash colour : cheeks, chin, throat, and underparts, of a glossy white : tail tipped with white : legs andtoes dusky *, webs pale. The natural habits of the Sp
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