or* gsr-ea£ norths*
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Berodksp Ardpavvel Ardua, quod altem««.
^ flie s , kfgh", " % s J Klein; tlift. Av. p. iaa,
where-h e di&mgtefhdS^h'dm intb fourteen fortsd We Ihall only
tak„e notic^of th&IN'QfrWgiad^'eroii^tt is the large blue Heron,
a ^ortfideri-blei Birdpjd&Jf® body i&like an. Eagle’s;; the: neck, hill,
and legH'ikd th&fe;oh:a> Stork, excerpting that the feslt referable
thtifthofa. Goofey ahdon theifi"heads they; h&veiktrift o£feathe§0
theyday three grey fpolted egigs; of the fizd of >a Goofdregg,l and
fhape of A MoOf-hen’si.;theyfBtiild. their iTeft irrithe higheftl trees;
Orarith|btalacteiM> ^h& fleepeft-rochs tithe nraleaiidifenlaie-xhahge
turks'.to ifi-tt' npOfl/ithri ®ggi, 'Which caSre!'hatched itfethice^i’lweeksff
|la£ do^ the jferaw1i&ibsiiigikg up ihe: yptirigj : iifeedflfeW roar e, j j arid
then they reani feedthemfelves.. They do.hationly:.feek. their food
inii frefh. wateasi lakes- arid marlhes, but alfo- laloftg the .fea-coaft,
■ whebe; with their longfiegkpheck, and bill, th&y fhew :the;'
rWdinefkasrfe^tOT^ icrawling-arid^ wilier infeds," that
',ai;e not larger than what they can fwalloW" downctheibr narrow
thfDats.<o; The Hetari has only onedftrait gut, which diftingutfhes
itfeoita other Birds., i bAardea idhabet ab .omnibas-iavibus divej-ftim,
^uodj&jtriftfhundfc^c^EnamicBm &e*iimpl£k obtinearit fin>g»fe; --«SN»
alise aves geminum nactas lint, acbordidgto: J.; Rlein, L. Gsa£jfejig$
it comes ■ to' pafs;; that?/all. niy ooirefpondents- upanirhoufly aflure
me: that a. Heron.-may -.eat; a Snake or van <Eel three tjjnes driver,
which* is hardly fwaUowed -before one fees the head, or body
^tfe-jqte<agt|iittdi^mithe.:BiidJs fundamenta l arid daen hjlmgsaiitely
the dBiMiiSfnsvabolit^ ,imd:fWBtoyMioa.'r fecorad tsjda tthkd.time,
'before ihelwBhrelnquidi it. Its.long legs . are a : great help to it
tOH get dtelprodfipnsf: dnsithefe degsyarenadyeryi £e# :fine hairs,
V/hich play foftly.in the water.; and that moticm^itas faidpentiees
the filh, who are. not aivare of thedrivcpririg beaklaboya.
The Heiloey. called alfo Myreloe, becaufe they live chiefly inHeiiog.
ant-hills, or iabroomdields, differs from the Akerloe (which, bn
the contrary, feeks the plough’d land) chiefly in fize, which is
vifibly fuperior; ,on the back it. is. green,, and it is variegated
under the bread with black and white fpats: its flefh is delicate,
much like the Thrufh kind : they are Birds o f ' paflage, and
towards the Winter they aflemble together, in large flocks, and
fo fly away. Some are,,of opinion that they flay,here all the year,
J^djrigUhgtoMyil'isi the high rocks > ;but this is uncertain. g
The Horfe-Gog, or Rofgauke, fo called perhaps becaufe they Horfc-gog.
liye in cracks of rocks, or among grgat heaps of ftones, from
whence the ermin anintal Iras the Norwegian name. The Horfe-
" Gpgen is about as. large as a Wood-Pigeon; its note is not at
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