. British birds. Birds. LETM5 DIVER, REPORTED AS COLYMBUS AD AM SI I, OBTAINED AT LOCH FYNE, ARGYLLSHIRE, AUTUMN 1893. To the Editors of British Birds. Sirs,—In Mr. Witherby's paper on the White-billed Northern Diver {antea, pp. 9-12) he states that he has been unable to trace the above bird. In Sharpe's Handbook to the Birds of Great Britain, Vol. IV., p. 304, (addenda) is the following note :— Colymbus adamsi. '' During a recent visit to Manchester, I found a young bird of this species in the very interesting collection of Mr. Bulkeley Allen at Altrincham. The specimen was shot at Achaglachg
. British birds. Birds. LETM5 DIVER, REPORTED AS COLYMBUS AD AM SI I, OBTAINED AT LOCH FYNE, ARGYLLSHIRE, AUTUMN 1893. To the Editors of British Birds. Sirs,—In Mr. Witherby's paper on the White-billed Northern Diver {antea, pp. 9-12) he states that he has been unable to trace the above bird. In Sharpe's Handbook to the Birds of Great Britain, Vol. IV., p. 304, (addenda) is the following note :— Colymbus adamsi. '' During a recent visit to Manchester, I found a young bird of this species in the very interesting collection of Mr. Bulkeley Allen at Altrincham. The specimen was shot at Achaglachgach, Loch Fyne^ by a keeper named Ebenezer Burgess, late in the autumn of ; Mr. Allen's collection is now at the Manchester Grammar School, and Mr. F. A. Bruton, of that school, has kindly allowed me to see the specimen and given me a copy of the entry in the catalogue relating to it, which is as follows :— "No. 33. Great Northern Diver {Colymbus glacialis oh adamsi), " This bird, which I supposed to be an immature Great Northern Diver, was sent to me from Achaglachgach, Loch Fyne, by my brother's, keeper, Ebenezer Burgess. Mr. Bowdler Sharpe, who saw my bird on March i6th, 1897, expressed great doubt whether it was not the White-billed Diver, C. ; I have compared the bird with the illustrations given in Mr. Witherby's article and, judging from the bill, the bird is C. immer. The upper line of the upper mandible descends towards the tip and the general shape of the bill resembles those of other Great Northern Divers in the collection. As the bird is cased I cannot give any details as to- the shafts of the primaries. Mr. Bruton has kindly given me permission to photograph the bird and I hope to let you have a print in the course of a few days. N. Abbott. Davenport Green, Wilmslow, Cheshire, June ijth, 1922. [The photograph kindly sent confirms Mr. Abbott's opinion.— ] THE RACES OF EIDER DUCKS. To the Editors of British Birds. Sirs,
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