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Egde.
Elve-Konge
Erle.
Falk.
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rumor nos* terror©uBebet,'. | fex ufu harum plumarum
timenfciom, 'quod iper-icolUUff rieedumbiffiusj quad- fbiam,
iHCurrifcj ’ j The -Eddeif’s, "as1 Well S^bi'adjpothbr ^trand’ Birds ^ggs,
are. brought . in - here'-t® lmarket' !by’ thofe 1 faVrife?-tha't^'liVe3 rifear
Bergenpand theyare laid to be’ feiw-good? a-net well-tailed : but
onrtheicontyary^tlle-Eefh'taAes filhy j'To •tHat’Aond of tBfefe Birds
ace eaty 'except?-by. tb?!.pOor,"fh¥ifacrifilce fafte tomeceflity ; yet
qneimay -paendtfes. tafte in if they dre: p^tfeb^d
in (vinegar* ondostked in vjhegaiP'lfefofe'they are roafted.
at TheJEgde^ -is & llifetil Land1Bird,•f^elhing Jlike
at)Lark it. isl:pe‘<ailiati Sn^this >;-• that ikSurfimer it fings-all night
long: with® intermrffi'dn. r: 1
Thet Elve- Konge} or Owzel, is fo’ called,J*^ec¥ofd'^’always
haunts rivers, pleafmg ltfelff with fluttering!over running Wsffer,
and-.jiimpingi frbrU ohe-'flofte to another rdt^'malefifYbihiet-hhig
like a Thridh, blatk,.iand with a'Wthit'e' ring rOuna hi&sifeck\’*'Vj
The ErleJ or Ring- Earley-is? fame thing like theT$fmet~‘'but of
a blue,grey on.the back, a black head1, 5 and a’ little white on the
hdesj the heh is1 moire grey: if litis only fe^hl'in the'Summefr; arid
is faid;to:lie in a: date*of infenfibility all the. Winter.
°„ S E. C T. VII.
The Falk, or Falcon, which J. Klein, p.'^^^diffi^tiifhesifito
-dilferentrfer^;^e-fcand;doie fartheft north, |p | ii# lb ^ # id
ijjioft ufeful‘kinds for • hawkin^s^L'fkve n othii^ ^tof^spp^ ^i
which are annually exported 'from- Iceland, and not" without a
confidetable charge.; and then are Tent far about to foreign
coiirts. I fhall only, obfetrejd that there in Norway, particularly
in Qfterdaleh ; ,and alfom the xhochfe-OfiChriftianfand; arid particularly
at Jedderen, -there’is'found-extraordinary good F&ldb’ns
for fchqTport■ } they are grey and white, and.are:of fe-veral kinds,
large and {mail i to eatefetfaem we geherii^ uf&tb hafebpeOple
come from Germany and the Netherlands annuallyThefe expert
Falconers feparate themfelves dboutrthe rocks, and generally day
about a, month, dr fomething longer,1 that they iriay each of them
get .a booty. They catch biit few, from which we may judge
of their ivalue, which wilhanfwer fo long a journey *. They catch
them in nets;, under which they put a pigeon for-a bait. Here by
the ,fea fide, „particularly at rSundmoer, are' feen what we 1 «all
Filhing-Falcons; th^y have their principal living on the, water,
* This Falcon-catching is Farmed to the Brabant people, by a certain-family to
whom his.njajefty has granted it.' ni
but
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bat dj^¥Oÿ’%lfÔtlc»V;«theî rqéks' ^any èfl the Birds that build
tlieret
The F f e t 'Kurv, % r FîsÈrerMuüs, called alfo Skranddî^eppè} and Fi*r-Kmr.
Stfàttd-Ætlë,' is a fmaM moufe-grey Bird, living about the coàds,
as. big as a final! Thrufh, with a long bill ' and legs-- - it builds %s
ned in- tho erabfe: of the rocks toad, and lays,: fèven- or
eight grey Ipotêêd !egg$4 i® KvesOfi worms! and 'w-êéds. Sórhe-
fiäies théfê d y ■ in feiêS peat Édféks^ •
fhööÈ 40 dr pSw U0Ä the wate# they’ll fit1 fo feëór©, that oöê may
row within a fathom of them: their fléflv^süi not I defpieable iri
tafte.,
y l!ThëFlaggë®-'MiMS' è® Aftenbalke, thé Baft, Whiéïris1 called hëlé <•
SkiHdvængèj is>very common j it is put by feme ainöhg Quadrupèdes,
iftdead of Birds. v
a Fkg-Spérfëi > Se'e Spertfe. •
: The FéfTèfald, ó ï Watèr^Wagtail, - is a ' l i f t i b b l S É k änd white Foffe&w.
Bird, : thät- feeks 'hisf habitation near cataräfts, ‘ or -wâtêr-falls}
which they do nóf leave even in ’thfe Winter. J. Ramus gives an
account, p. 246, that they bum and pOwder thefe1 Birds for à
remedy for horfes in many difördéffe. ■
' -The'ÿuMerKirm^i^R^ufûSj-ôr Wriil} is the fmallefi Bird that Fngie-Konge.
we knoWtOf in this èbuntry ’tis hrown-tnid yëllowiïh under the
belly I the feathers look as if) they wife WOolj or as if it Was
coverëd with cloth : it lives chiefly about {tone Walls mid in
barns. O f this Sird-’ilil kid, that It feats itfelf (Ä the :bàck:Qfathé
Eagle, and fo flies Up with him fo high a§ it otheryvife could
fiot pöflibly foaf ; From thence, perhaps, he has the odd name
ôf King of the Birds; for he fëeïnS to dilpufe the title with
the Eagle hirùfelf, Who is prôpèriy the king Of Birds. Out
farmers call the Wren Peter Nônfmad} that tój' after dinner iiiéat ;
beèàüfe hé is-feldbm feen in the foteimöli. S
The Gaas, Or Gocfe. The Tame are common here as in other Geefe.
places. O f Wild Geefe We have two forts, particularly in Summer
time, by the Tea fide. The firft, fnafii their1 célèür} Éufe'called
Graa-Giæs, Grey Goofe ; alfo Ttappè-GiKs, and of feme alfo Graa-oiæs.
Rad-GiîÈS, becaufe they hold a wonderful kind of comifel in
their flight; of Which hereafter. They are only in the Summer
in Mordlattd, the furthermoft part of Tronheim’s diocefe; and
are feen to fly by here, towards the north, about WhkfuMidet
when they ar® weary in their journey*, and light upon the clifls to
V xhsfe Fort of wadis are ;»Fsd infteaâ of hedges, and are large pebbles, and other
Äones,,laid loofe one a-top of the other. ■
Part II. ' U reft,