. A general history of birds . ry, dark ash-colour; but on anearer view the feathers of the crown and brow are dark in themiddle, edged with light grey; from the nape larger, and the greyedges less defined ; cheeks and throat white, freckled with numerous,brownish, ash-coloured spots, but on the fore part of the neck inclin-ing more to brown ; upper parts of the body black brown; greatercoverts and quills marked with oblong, oval, white spots; underparts of the body white ; tail brown.—A pair of these were shot onthe Tyne, at Newcastle, in January. 8—BOREAL DIVER. Colymbus borealis,
. A general history of birds . ry, dark ash-colour; but on anearer view the feathers of the crown and brow are dark in themiddle, edged with light grey; from the nape larger, and the greyedges less defined ; cheeks and throat white, freckled with numerous,brownish, ash-coloured spots, but on the fore part of the neck inclin-ing more to brown ; upper parts of the body black brown; greatercoverts and quills marked with oblong, oval, white spots; underparts of the body white ; tail brown.—A pair of these were shot onthe Tyne, at Newcastle, in January. 8—BOREAL DIVER. Colymbus borealis, 801. Brun. No. 131. THE general colour of this bird is dusky above, marked withnumerous white spots; the under parts white; fore part of the necksparingly marked with rufous. This was killed near Copenhagen, but is probably not a distinctspecies; and is most likely, as well as the last described, belongingto the Red-throated Species. * Wern. Trans, V. iv. pt. 1. p. 212. f One of them weighed only two pounds and a half. DIVER. 05 9.—CHINESE DIVER—Pl clxxii. Colymbus Sinensis, Ind. Om. ii. 802. Gm. Lin. i. Diver, Gen. Syn. vi. 345. pl. 97. SIZE uncertain. Bill dusky; irides ash-colour ; upper parts ofthe head, neck, body, wings, and tail dusky greenish brown ; themiddle of the feathers much darker; fore part of the neck the same,but paler; chin pale rufous; the breast and under parts pale rufouswhite, marked with dusky rufous spots; quills and tail plain brown,the last short; legs ash-colour. Supposed to inhabit China, as I saw it among some other wellpainted drawings at Sir J. Bankss; it was in the attitude of fishing,with a brass ring round the neck like the annexed figure. From the various and uncertain accounts of authors, we are notclear how many birds the Chinese use for catching fish : the custom,however, of doing so, is manifest, from the relations of manytravellers: when used for this purpose it has a ring fastened roundthe neck, to prevent its s
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