N A T U R A L 5* H I S T O R Y of N O R W A Y.
The order of
Birds accord«
ing to their
feveral claiTes,
C H A P T E R III.
O f B I R D S .
Se c t. I. Order and divijion. Secy, H. O f Amphibious Birds, their nature
and properties. Sect. III. Dangerous bird-catching in fome places. $ect,
j y . The Gmwj/e, and federal other kinds. J^c t . V. The Dove, and Jeveral
others. Se c t . V l. Ducks, and other Water-fiwl. . Sjsct. VII. The Falcon,
and saber like kinds. I Sec-I'- VIII. The Kite, and Jeveral others. Sect. IX.
O f Jeveral Sea and Freft-water Birds.
S E C T. I.
IN the Natural Hiftory of Norway, the ddmption of Birds
is yet to come, and that of the Fifli; they .make the two
inoft interefting heads: and firft, feme thing is to he laid in regard
to the divifion and order of Birds into their properdalles.
Aldkqvan^usj, Qefnerns, W-jB^ghbicus,.^Ptaius *, Rleim and
' others, whoj ex prcdeflp, have , treated oh Ornithology, or the
Hiftory of Birds, in particular writings, daifing them either by
their element, Pr where’ fhpy take- up their nhode^'.|ïeir jnigni-
tude, or form; particularly their daws ,apd hills, their legs, way
of fubfifting, their lervices or injuries to mankind !.\.bjit as* I on
one fide allow that thefeUnfitted diftin£üops would jjpve a -more
diftind: Idea of them, and would be matter for aStijeatiie crapthe
lubjed alone, where all the known Birds of all dpi&tries might
have place, and make all the dalles edmpleat j I find on; hhe
other hand, that which ever of thefe methods fun dading' oUe
ch c^, there will be no quite' dijFtind, or ablolute leparate
bounds, to be expeded : many Birds, irf-óne relbed, may belong
to a certain clals ; ; but have, in another relped, - lomething
which, with as much realoii, would range them in another i-con-
lèqüently there is no rule without exceptions, contradions, pr
e^tenlions.
For this realon, I have not thought it neceflary to confine the
reader’s thoughts to any of the before-mentioned claflès, and
particularly as none would be compleat, especially with ejiume-
* This author treats the rnoft regular and moft amply, but is rather too prolix on
the diftinftions of Birds, and the limits of thofe diftinftions, in his Petino Theologie.
P. i f C . I. from f. i tb f. 1|?'?,;
• rating
N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y of 'NO R W A Y.
fating'of Norway Birdsffel.oine,, without introddcing' thofe from
foreign countries^! which'I'do-'OOt intend iri amp-article, only fo
far, .as it may be necelfiirydjy*way of parallel, or to dear up. any
capital point of^rnyfAwn. ' ;
I havé -therefore jfêliloWjedilthe ni’mes in m y own language!, ’m
alphabetica|.o¥de»,(*md, ’Jn the-.fubjpined fhort deferiptions, have
faid- a s . much1 .a s -w ill ■ ? w h a t - elafsJ each!, belongs ; Jiy e t
neyerthelefs, mj any ||>ody isYdefirotis - o f feeidg - the names o f
the Band Birds, ^Water-Birds,:* and ’thofe of* thé flhores, at one
view, the Laird Birds' ó f Norway arè .the fo llow in g , a’cBording to
their patnes a lp fi^% c a |fy 'lin that'language^: A a rfu gl,’ Akerloe,’
I Aker Rixe,‘Allikke, Bergmgl*% Bogfinke,rDompap, Droffel, Due,
Egde, Elvekonge, 'Erie,* Fal$&p F'l>ggér'mu|t^’ Foffefald, Gertrud-
fpgh ’Glejnte^ Gog,« Heibe-hog, Honn e/Hprlegogi, Jerpe' Irish,
Knotter, K'iodmeife, Kragey Lerke,. Naf^a.ke,:li‘Nordvirfds-pibe,
Orn, Raun, „RegnCpjo,' Ringetróft, SibenfchWantk,5 Sitlgen, Skade,
fiuieefUgl^/Sneppe, Sondenswindfugl; Spurre, Stser, Stéendulp,
Sitllit^.T^p? Vagtel, Vibe, Ugle.,' \
. The Birds < thatl.fubfift, only upon fiflh, floating moftly on the
water,‘and aLrcffiigï ündeiy tho’^not all equally-* deep', ‘are''the
Alke apd.Dtfcks; tame’and wild, dfhmany forts,jEnoër dr Eider-
ftgl,i£G^ee£e„ tame; and < wild/; off various forts, -the Hav .Aare, Hav
Heft, Hav iBlde, Immer Langivie, Lom, Lurid, Savern^ Skare,
Skrabe, Svane.
' .The Shore.Birds arei thofe, which, I'h^e juft faid, Haurit the
coaft, or livei'about the water that runs between the cliffs, rocks,
^pd.iflands, detached from, the .continent, and feed partly upon
final 1 fifh, fuch Is {they can. reach with their bill,'and partly upon1
infè&s, fhell-fifh and weeds; the ebb and fldocMaaily produce’s
plen<iy,,axd4yari‘ety>af'fbod.for. thefe*v they, debt venture to go
out far,, or wh|MMPis deep, and fo are in a' manner" amphibious.
Of the number of thefe,,are the Heigre, Boefiar, Fiaer Kurv, Fiske
Fojck, Fiske Orn, Fiskeh.age,do fugl, Kiald, Krykkie, Laxetite,
Maafe- or Maage, of various forts, Sand Tol, Sa^d Xsrne, Skiee/
Spave, Strand Erie, Strand Sneppe, Teïft^ Tiaeld, Temd.
S E C T . II.
. r A.0aong the firft, namely the clafs of Land Birds, are to be found
but few, but what arë knovhFMfo in Denmark ; anq..! I may. fay,
in. moft other European cotmcrie’s^ unlefs we except the Tiuren,
Jerpen and Rypen;- but ib the two laft claflès of .Water and Coaft
Fowl, Norway has by muc® the greateft number, and among-
thofe, fome that are little known in, tho’ others in common with
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