. Das britische Vogelbuch des Sportlers. Oberfläche des Bodywhite. Mit der Annahme der Winterliverywerden die oberen Teile schief grau mit Weiß gesprenkelt, und der vordere Teil des Halskörpers weiß wie die Unterfläche des Körpers. Mit der e.ce[)tion, dass die Federn des Rückens und der Flügel weiße Ränder anstatt weiße Töpfe zeigen, ist das Gefieder der Vögel des Jahres wie das der Erwachsenen im Winter. Rußiges Braun ist die vorherrschende Tönung der Daune des Kükens, obwohl diese auf der Unterseite des bsb etwas blasser wird)-. Das Zuchtprogramm des Rotkehltauchers umfasst
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. The sportsman's British bird book . surface of the bodywhite. With the assump-tion of the winter-liverythe upper-parts becomedull slaty grey thickly speckled with white, and the fore part of the neckturns white like the under surface of the body. With the e.ce[)tion thatthe feathers of the back and wings show white edges rather than whitespots, the plumage of birds of the year is like that of the adults inwinter. Sooty brown is the prevalent tint of the down of the chick, although this becomes somewhat paler on the lower side of the bod)-. The breeding-range of the red-throated diver includes the northernportions of both hemispheres up to about latitude 82 , and extends tothe Orkneys, Shetlands, Hebrides, and the northern districts of theScotch mainland as far as Argyllshire, together with one district in thenorth of Ireland, where, however, incessant persecution seems to havemade the birds forsake the locality as a nesting-resort in the year 1896.On its southern winter-migration this species visits the greater portion. MOUNTCO IN THE ROWLAND WARD STUDIOS KED-THKOATKU DIVKK. HERON 241 of the coasts of the United States, and in the eastern hemisphere itmay be seen on the ^Mediterranean, Caspian, and Black Seas, while itreappears on the Chinese and Japanese coasts. The one noticeable feature in the habits of this diver appears to bethat during the breeding-season in the north of Scotland it frequentsonly small pools, devoid of trout, for nesting purposes, and consequentlyhas to visit lakes of considerable size, which may be some distanceaway, in order to procure food. It is also stated that on one occasiona pair of these birds is believed to have nested among heather a con-siderable distance away from water ; if the story be correct, it has tobe explained how they managed to alight on, and rise from the ground.Although a sparse layer of sedge or moss may sometimes be provided, the two eggs are laid, as a rule, on the bare ground. The chocolate-brown ground-colour of
