Place akd
M anners . This fpecies, for we efteem it diftinft, is an inhabitant of the
northern regions ; never appearing in England except in hard!
winters, when flocks of five or fix are now and then feen. Said
however to come into Lingey, one of the Wefiern IJles, in the
month of Oftober, and to flay there till Mar eh, when they depart*
A few obferved to continue in Mainland^ one of the Orknies, and
breed there ; but the major part retire to the north during fum-
mer, being found in Iceland*, Lapland, the defarts of Tart dry
and Siberia, as far as Kamtfchatka. In the fummer fpread towards
thefoutb, being then found about the Cafpian and Euxine
Seas, in Greece f , and at times even fo low as Egypt; but are
obferved, on this fide the Equator, only between the Tropic and
■ ArStic circles, to the laft of which it is faid they fcarce ever
arrive We have little doubt of this proving the bird called Colum,
which is met with about Surat, in the Eajl, Indies ||, where likewife
is the mute lpecies; the former well diftinguifhed from, the latter
* T h e p e o p l e o f Iceland fin d t h a t th e n u m b e r in c r e a f e s to w a r d s w in t e r , h e n c e
fu p p o f e th em to c om e f r om p a r t s f t i l l f a r t h e r n o r th ; a n d in f p r in g m o r e th a n a n
h u n d r e d a r e o f t e n fe e n in a f l o c k , w h i c h a r e t h o u g h t to h a v e c om e f r om t h e
fo n t h . T h i s is f a id o f th e m i g r a t o r s ; f o r th e g r e a t e r p a r t o f th e y o u n g b r o o d ,
f l a y th e w h o l e y e a r , f r e q u e n t in g th e l a k e s in fu m m e r , a n d in th e w in t e r r em o v i
n g t o th e f e a - f l io r e .— Von Trail. Icel. p . 1 4 3 .
+ Catejb, Car. App. p. ^ .—Hijl. Louif. i i . p . 7 8 . % ArB. Zool.
li Fryer's Trav. p . 1 1 9 . 3 1 6 .— -A f t e r o b f e r v in g t h a t the Co lum is fo u n d a t Surat,
a s w e l l a s th e Serafs, a fp e c ie s o f th e f o rm e r , h e f a y s , T h e afpera arteria is
** WODn d u p in a c a f e o n b o th f id e s t h e i r b r e a f l - b o n e , in m a n n e r o f a trum-
“ pet, fu c h a s o u r Waits u fe ; w h e n i t is A n g l e i t is a Serafs, w h e n d o u b l e a
Co lum, m a k in g a g r e a t e r n o i f e th a n a Bittern, b e in g h e a r d a g r e a t w h i l e b e f
o r e th e y c a n b e f e e n , f l y i n g in a rm ie s in th e a i r . ” — A n d a d d s , t h a t th e f e
f l y to w a r d s th e cold c o u n t r i e s w h e n th e Ram e n t e r s i t s f i g n . P . 3 1 6 .
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fcy wonderful circumvolution of the wind-pipe, below-mentioned.
Are met with alio in America. Not uncommon at Hud-
Jon s Bay, where they are called Wapa-feu; come there accompanied
by the Geefi, about the end of May, but not in great numbers,
though fometimes as far as nine in a flock; yet the
lakes to the fouthward are faid to abound with them; The natives
greatly efteem them as food. They lay four eggs, and
hatch in July Have been le'en alio in King George’s Sound j*;
from thence to Carolina J, and Louifiana, migrating on the new as
on the old continent. 1 he Indians of the laft wear thsfkins, with
the down attached to them, fewed together by way of covering;
and of the larger feathers they make diadems for their Chiefs, as
well as weave the fmaller on threads, as barbers do for their wigs,
with which they cover garments, which are worn only by women
of the higheft rank§.
In Auguft they lofe their feathers, and are not able to fly, when
the natives of Iceland and Kamtfchatka hunt them with dogs,
which catch them by the neck, and eafily iecure their prey. In
the laft place they are alfo killed with clubs., The eggs are
accounted good food ; and the fleih much efteemed by the inhabitants,
efpecially that of the young birds, infomuch that, fummer
or winter, no entertainment is faid to be made without-one ||.
The ufes of the feathers are manifeft to every one; and the
* M r . Hutchins. -f Cook's laß Voy. i . p . 2 3 3 .
t S a id t o b e tw o f o r t s : th e l a r g e r c a l l e d th e Trumpeter, th e fm a l le r th e
Hooper.— Lawofon, p . 1 4 6 .— Arfi. Zool.
§ Hiß» Louif. i i . p . 1 1 3 .
11 T h i s w a s n o t o b f e r v e d to b e th e c a f e w h e n C a p t a in Cook v i f i t e d th a t p l a c e .
Cook's laß Voy. v o l . i i i . p , 3 4 7 .
3 K 2 lkins