68 N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y of N O R W A Y .
exigua ex putrida materia genera’ta) excrefcere ’ in animalia tam
grandia. ae perfe^a, qualia font Brftaiinicae aveS, de quibus
ugitur.'
Ajo II. Aves-Britannicas'oriri'ex oVis per incubatum, fnqre
alioram anferum. Probatur teftimonio Alberti Magnr, Gerhardi
a Vera, & Batavorum, qui id oculis Fuisviderunt, itemque alhlio-
ritate aliorumadfikorum praecedenti jj. ia. 8t 13. citatorum1, qui
idemafferunt. Ouibus accedit Ferdinandus a Gorduba in Didaf.
cal. cap. 7. ubi ait; Multa talia pro vetis'vendi, vel illud';argu-
mento effe) quod licet pldrimi fcribant, aves Berneftas ■ nomine in
Hebridibus infulis & Hybernia ex fru&ibus aut foliis arboruin j§i
mate deeidiiil generari' nihilominus id figmentum efle j ciimHol-
landi 1569V fcripto teftati lint* fe circa novam Zemblam * ih" has
i#feul2tej ovuTua Foventevfibdtdiffe.
Ajo III. Perfuafionfem vulgi & AuHOmrn Co'nttariae' fentbMise,
■ iride ortam, quod'annis fingulis innumerabilem pene multi'tudi-
nem ejufmodi avium'circa Britannitas dnTulas*deprehenderintynec
tamen fdveriht ubi orirentur, aut undeWeniTentq-put-ayerintque
proinde) animalcula ilia alata conehulis <aiif-materiis putrefcen-
tibusHbcluIaj-exerelcbre in'anferesj ut optime notavit Clufius?v6C
Deufingius.
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BergUgie.- 3 The Berg Uglc, or'the Ugle, withvthe Bafiar, Boefiser, a
ImaH Sea-bird, of the fame kind,‘and5 not larger' fhah*'a;Thrufh,
but otherwife looking like the Aik, * or Razor-bill)' in'colour,
leigs> and bill, are common alfer herb." They -livi^ n^SPfinall
herrings, and are never feen but-1 in-the midft of Winter, and a
few in the Spring, if there comes a ftdrrn of wefterly wind pand
therefore its native place and manner of breeding ■ is unknown
to me.
Bogfincke. I The Bogfincke, or Brambling, a well-known fmall Land Bird,
is very pretty, of a dark colour, variegated with red, white) End
grey fpots ; the bill is fhort and thick; they are here but fcarce to
be feen, of the Fincker, or Finch kind in general; • Jacob Klein
reckons, in his lately publifhed Hiftor. Avium, p.'96/ feventeen
forts, which differ m colour, and other refpe&s.
Brokfugl., See Heilo.
MmaOane. ^ The Bruufhane, or Ruffe, is fomething lefs than a Pigeon; it
takes its name from loving always to buz, and- with his bill he
fights with his own kind, and then raifes his long feathers round
his neck, that they ffand like a ruff. The female of this kind is
called the Reeve.
Dom-
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Dom-Herre, or Dqm-'Pap, the -Coccothraus, perhaps fb called Dom-Hwte.
in popifh times fqr theirj melodious voice, refcmbling, an Organ,
though *not loud enough to fill the choir of a cathedral, where '
the cations firig: their Horae. ''Someh'call them-0 6 cebthraufte.s fan-
guinea. 'Of-the'färbe family therbere manydbrfs in other places,
which I do hot knöw'^any thing of here. Its body is" beautifully
variegated, red, black,' and white on the wings )' ahd grey oir the
back; the hen-i® cnlyof a blue-grey: the fcarceft are thof^hat
arehgreen, with red tuft§ of feäthgrShn the head, j
‘The Droffel Tiitdus^fhe Thriifh, whichf is? called here Troff) Drona, «
and byh'co'mmorT nafne, Which Comprehends ma'ny fpecfös) Krams,Kramets&sI*
erjRraftietsfiigl; the difference % 'the Norway Droflfelaes, from
the Danifh, Confifts, as far as I cah'find, orily in this, that fctme
are greyilh, with whit&feathefs und'er the breaft, fonie'op h dark
brown, and feme quite black. Thefe Ere called' Soelfqrter.
Some are dark-grey, -with a white ring round the neck.’ 3 ■‘Thefe
are called RingevFroft, the Ring Owzel: Jac. Klein, preferable
to other writers, has"given himfelf a particular deal of trouble to
find out the charaeäeriftick marks of each kind oft Bird in his
generation;,-and' reckons,-L. 'feq. hotlfefsr,than thirty!
fix diverfeTofdibfe Thruihes yVteFi am ’of opinion'that öhe may
jn Itjhis1, 'as ■ infother things, multiply Riedes Without occafibn,’
and thereby confufe one?s ideas) inftead of clearing up or effabliffi-
ingVhem; .for between * fome o f: thefe the‘ difference is1 fo fmall,
that I look upon it to be rather accidental than fpecifick. In the
Autumn here are a great many Kramsfugl, particulatly' when
thete is a gqod’feafon of berries, which; with other pfqda<9:s of
forefts, are known to be their food. -
: The Due, or Pigeon^5 tafpe, and- feveral others, ate frequent Due.
here, bust .J'urtie-doves are riot Found with us.1 We have Wood
Pigeons, and particularly about the rocks, in cönffderäble' numbers.
Willughby fays, Ornitholog. Lib. ii. p, 136, that they
are fomething larger than common Pigeons, which they otherwife
are vejy like-: ,i.n this .country it is the contrary, for they are
rather lefij ■ Oij the iflandsrat the fea-fide in Ryefylke there äre
found a for t of ,wiJd Pigeons, which are like the tame, excepting
that they are all of one colour, with blue 'fhining feathers on the .
heck. They build their neft in the cracks of rocks, and are not
fo fhy as. the Wood Pigeons.
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