26. Anas erythropus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 197. 11.— Faun. Sate. N° 116. (the
■ BERNACLE. male).— Fri/cb. pi. 189.
La Bernache, Sri/. Orn. vi. p. 300. 14__Buf.0if. t2. p -9 3 .p l.;.—
PI. Enl. 855.
Bernacle, or Clakis, Raii Syn. p. 137. A. 5.— Will. Orn. p . 359.— Phil*
Tran/, ii. p. 853.—^-Gerard. Herb. p. 1587.— Br, Zool. ii. N° 269.—
Ard. Zool. N° 479.
Lev. Muf.
Descrip tion. L E N G T H two feet: breadth four. Bill very fhort, lefs
than an inch and a half in length, and black, crofted with
a flefh-coloured fpot on each fide : irides brown : the forehead,
half the crown, the fides of th'e head, chin, and throat, are
white: from the bill to the eye a black Break : the reft of the
head, neck, and beginning of the back, black: breaft and un-
. der parts, fides of the vent, and upper tail coverts, white:
thighs mottled dulky and white : round the knee black: back
the fame, the ends of the feathers margined with white: wing
coverts, and fcapulars, blue' grey ; the ends black, fringed with
white at the tip : rump plain black: quills the fame, edged with
blue grey, except towards the end : tail five inches and a half
long, and black : legs dulky black.
Place. This fpecies is not uncommon on many of the northern and
weftern coafts of this kingdom, in winter; but is fcarce in the
Jouth, and only feen in inclement feafons. Depart our ifland
in February, and retire north to breed; at which time they frequent
the north of Rujjia, Lapland, Norway, and Iceland. In
America it is now and then met with, in Hudfon’s Bay.
This is the fpecies of which fo many authors have handed
down
down to us the natural hiltory, under the name of Tree Gooje,
and Clakis *, fuppofing it to originate from« old decayed wood,
and that it came out of the jhell called a Barnacle f , which is
found fticking tq- old wood; and gravely fay, that the tail of
the young one, not yet come to perfection, may be feen fticking
out of the Ihell J. But this opinion, like many other an-
tient vulgar errors, is now exploded; 3s it is well known that
the bird is hatched, and bred, like all others of . the Duck
genus.
Anas Bernicla, Lin. Syji. i. p. 198. 13.— Faun. Suec. N° 115.— Scop. Ann. i.
N° 84.— Br.un. N° 52.— Fri/cb. t. 156.—Mullert N° 1 15.—Faun.
Groenl. N°4I.
Le Cravant, Br:/. Orn. vi. p. 304. 16. pi. 31.— Buf. 0:/ ix. p. 87.—
Pi. Enl. 342.
Brent Goofe, Raii Syn. p. 137. A. 6.— Will. Orn. p. 360. pi« 69.—Albint
i. pi. 93.*—-2?r. Zool. ii. N° zyo.-^—Ard. Zool. N° 478.
Lev. Muf.
T ES S than the Bernacle. Bill one inch and a half long, and
black: irides hazel : the head, neck, and upper part of the
breaft, black : on each fide of the neck a large patch of white
and black mixed : the lower part of the breaft, the fcapulars, and
• See Phil. Tranf— Gerard. Herb.— Camden Brit. 169;. p. 941.— Will. Orn.
p. 359,
t Lepas anatifera. Lin.— Figures of the (hell may be feen in Argenm. Conch,
t. 30. f. F. G.— Lift. Crnch. t. 440. f. 283.— Ger. Herb. p. 1587. ch. 171. In
this laft are rude figures both of the Jbeil and bird.
t Authors alfo further relate this of a certain tree> the leaves of which, if
they fell on land, became birds; if on the water, fjbes.— See Baubin. Pin.
p. 514. hi.
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D e sc r ip t ion.
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