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300 The largest and finest species is that called the Great Northern Diver, or Loon (Colymbus glacialis, ), a frequent visitor to our coasts. It is larger than a Goose, its head and neck are black, glossed with purple or green; the upper parts of the body and wings black, regularly



marked with spots of white set in rows, large and square on the scapulars, elsewhere small and round. Two bands going partly round the neck and the upper breast are white, with each feather marked with black down the shaft: the under parts are pure white.

The Divers live chiefly at sea, except during