f 4 N A T U R A L H I S T O R T oî N 0 R W A T .
Strange flight.
Fager-Gaäs.
:çeftJtfoiïieiïnaÿ bét fholfi ; fome alfo;/hy? fo|*s. or; bad,weaflherj,> are!
bewildered 5 and others from faintnefs, or fome other accident;
, flqpks Return ffïjpm
Nordlandl ;to ; France; where; fome people are of opinion?, that;
thfi^ijwinter:; ?tho4 I. $iP0 $$ alledge it for ajeertaiijty ; , for;- as.itp
thefe fort -of; Birds bf. pafiagep their-breeding and othet chicqm-
ftances *& thefeparts.
Thofe that are catched and {hot here are fat and well-tafted : the
moll remarkable thing With refpeét to thefe Graa-Gisesdsthe regularity;
apd order they< keep in their annual flights.ancf peregrinations
both hither and back again. This has been confirmed by ma&y
flock conflits of 3 o,/4<&j or ifoore ; r;aij(Jfcjiey
fly partly in two lines.; and toward the hindermoftcead they
Hand pretty far from one another, but theifotem.®ôî gov.?çJofe
together, and form a pyramid; fo that they cut thevair"to.rtiâke
it? eafy rfor the teft: but ;às. theforemofl are-foonefllt'tredj'liT®
pbfprved, from time to t-imc^ .that, the ' Ithtejp foremoft | at ; the
pointjetire behind, .and othef three cpme forwards ;;, and fothey
continue to cot the ai% taking turns forfhe foremoft place; and
thus alternately,. a • whole or half a day, i § â i<M| .•& ffigflflp
order, and withopt turning,ont-qf their dire£fhne, n%l|f%^«^
one grows tired;;and then, perhaps,; it -mufl flay ; Th?i*
is certainly a flngqlar thing -in natural hiflory; andr mâÿ ,^ys piaa-
îdnd a good lelfon bow to help one another fociety. ;/§onre"
thfogjof this kind-is affirmed concerning the Hëerj thfy
in droves pafs arriver.
? Another, fort which .flay longer-with-#j¥|@ what wé call the
Fager-Giæs-; they are a clean and pretty Qoofe ; they., have |a
white ring round their neck : they .are; c&fled.? a^fo Utgkçs,
becaufe they live inUrer; or heaps of'ftones, under the djcy^algpg
the fhore. They are bigger- than 4. Duck ^ lnt-, léfs'tha n a .G^pfe :
the general colour is a rnir^re; df. • blue, brown and
black ; . they are greenifh o% the . head, and the' -pill and feet
are’ red; the flefh. is mót fo good, as that of .die former \ ys® k|ïpW
$ft Where they, fpend their Winfér^âffiôÿi^o^fïiheieT
beginning of April; andare notfeen after Michâeltnâs-dayi '
When the eggs are taken or deftroyed, v the cock beats the
hen with his wings, and makes her cry difmally, In the fu{}-
terranean holes, where they lay their, eggs, there is two openings ;
* A friend gjves.me afuaccount; that the Graa-Gaafér breeds ' aîïo on the fllfands
near the ocean, in Rycfylke, tho’ not in any great number. In Jedderen is a water
whète thoiê Geefe. Which lofe' their-, feathers, • or that could not.follow the flock, ftay
all the Snmtnêr, and with a little trouble may be catc'hed 4n great Quantities?
■
m m $ M r. $ 5
fo tfiaflii th r o n eh o k tia
the i
\ l iI%p,$po{§ in ^is^na^UjiuGblydc^ Gan den. and has
gotr,tjti4 , Jjm, ' fleck',. ^.Iflch , the Gander. mofl
flghtl^'^
fofl!? Giertrwfa.
jfea.pnjmp jWf I^ hve^imwo«^, and Is .calledfag1'
Tby, |o ^ e ^omflionty Tqc^ed, upon as
pm 1» tbin&,..tiip .conjnjona^
[Ijifey in forme^ t imesf - jfl*-? -
J^fle ^d/.offlp^y^<yrmc^i par^ijeiente.
tul%ly Jkeejjs to bosles ana ^fld <^i®kens,,
''" _TFfc|s'*Crou|?, m m ? pfld, ?,^e|o,pging. Gtui.
the water :' if is fornething dike a'large Wild Di^k but 'much
|atter anjd^eli(^|er- fj^i 'jflefh^^and 0|n , jpne|t|iey
.ipome . in fl^pki^ iike^tnf 'Wild^Gpe|p,.i|||3cog ,t^e ^pu^jg
flprthjrt.Eey |ner,eaniw ^ohj (hj?cjigle , ppt,-'^orry %ep
a jHire&fc li^ia, l^iac^, 9pdf& '', dn .Sttorrp
^turlQfe^ g . , | 4 , . j s 'but, ba.4 ipay-t
mentor, t
Cuckow, is lhaped nearly-like a Hawk ; ,i.t. is fonaettbupg lefs, a«d
of a bfo^r@ti It^is a
fmall Bird, always ppmpany^ with iJiem,';that, brings them their
vt&tfal^; ifitf, Cm | .tfla^& 0iys|cow sthe following
year becpmesTja Kite^ ^uft^m^ntib^pd
hiVbeiiefadQr; and from thqnce if ia called the uqgmfefifl Gpc^o,#^;
They aije flot feen^i^jrther nprth than; Saltens Fogderie. .
P ^ E C T: i k ^
.The HaytA'are^is fhaped M e a pack^^pt.is^fcdiethmg.largerHav-Aare,
anpi'^he,Hill ^isjfljorted ; ,4t irduite plack, excepiingf fome, white
leathers’ kt*^® end of the.^ings, yrhieh lopk pre^y;^. i 'l ’hey diyp
deep for their food,?and,;they’ aife idifHcult. to fhpot at, . Theylay
ten or'twelve dggs^ and take turns 4°i fli m
thefll.
The Hay-HeH^^ 'k 4 gfea;Bird,1 ^ o t ^ p p r - f l e n : ;itHav Heff
isfhort and thick, with fmall .wings, and feet J i^ a.QqoCe ;. a e'’
fmall billj1 and hign chefl^ pf af grey cQlpur^ , ' Thpy Iflort lii;e a
* qA'gainfli thk>cQtfi£adk ill r^atb^iKh^riituI^iyiFlirSn^fSib^-sl snpP^^ojf
,^stbroi^tii||o%t|^1^y4 c^ d i 5^.G^ *^ 'few >'^ S n1''1; 2fcro#.inJhwf>eJtod-j
Tneologie, P? n. ci ^ | 4 .’ th e e o o r f B i i - ^ ' : ' ‘'
who has feen it f Nay,is - al t uferohfed'jJftia! hriwtms mtiffierxlaWrifor*Mi rii d<fm
with. 11
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