GEEAT NOETHEEN DIVER
COLYMBUS GLACIAL1S, Linn.
Colymbus glacialis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 221 (1766) ; Macg. v.
p. 283; Hewitson, ii. p. 449; Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 96;
Dresser, viii. p. 609.
Eudytes glacialis, Naum. xii. p. 397.
Plongeon-imbrin, French ; Eis-Seetaucher, German ;
Patoula, Galician.
Almost every individual of the three British species
of the genus Colymbus that is killed at any distance
from the sea, and recorded in the local press, is honoured
with the name of " Great Northern Diver;" but to
those of my readers who have any acquaintance with
British ornithology it is almost needless to state that
the appearance of the present species on inland waters
in England is exceptional, and that the majority of the
records to which I allude relate in fact to the Red-throated
Diver. Off our coasts, however, the Great
Northern Diver is by no means uncommon during
autumn, winter, and early spring. In the very cold
snowy weather of the early part of April 1876 we
found a great many of these birds frequenting the bay