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Identifier: birdsEuropeVGoul (find matches)
Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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k fine blackglossed with purplish green; a transverse bar of white spotted with black crosses the throat, and a widerband of the same colour passes lower down upon the back part of the neck; the whole of the upper surfaceglossy black, each feather having white spots, one on each side the shaft, forming rows, those on the scapu-laries becoming larger and square, but continuing small and nearly round on the back and rump ; primariesblack without spots ; flanks and sides black spotted with white; whole of the breast and under surface white :bill and legs black ; irides reddish brown. The young of the year has the top of the head, back of the neck, upper surface, and flanks light greyishbrown, the centre of each feather being darker; under surface pure white; bill, inner side of the tarsi, andinterdigital membrane fleshy greyish white; outer side of the tarsi and toes brownish black. The Plate represents an adult male and a young bird of the year, about two thirds of the natural size. ^ /
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R Q < BLACK-THROATED DIVER. Colymbus arcticus, Linn. Le Plongeon Lumme, ou a gorge noire. The accompanying figures of the young and adult of the Black-throated Diver were taken from two speci-mens of exquisite beauty, placed at our disposal by W. Baker, Esq., of Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire, bywhom they were shot during his tour through Norway in the pleasant pursuit of natural history. Thatgentleman informed us that they were both killed upon one of the small lakes of the interior, from which cir-cumstance we may infer that it was an adult, with its own young of that year. The range of the Black-throated Diver extends over the whole arctic circle, everywhere giving preferenceto inland waters and small lochs. It must have afforded much pleasure to Sir Wm. Jardine, Bart., and Mr.Selby, during their late visit to the extensive wilds of Sutherlandshire, to observe a pair of these birds inhabit-ing almost every small loch they visited. Before this period it had not been fully ascertain

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