Régionis calidæ montibus fàtis abunde reperiatur. Verum nullus
dubito, quin avis illa, quam Bellonius & Scaliger hoc nomine
intelligunt, in Alpibus quippe-Pyrcnasis & Arvernienfibus montibus
degens, qtfafflijue'Bellóniüs ad plana aefcèndere negat, lago-
podi noftræ omnino eadem fît. Et forte etiam Aldrovandi non
diverfa fuerit. cum utrmuç 'turn Bellônianæ avi, tijm Aldrovan-
dinæ FrancoTOnrmômèn'teiîfindhé'' fit, l &è ‘AîdrôVànm attâgénem
fuam monticolam efle feribit. vNec refert, quod Siciliæ, ubi inve-
nitur,. regio cali.da. fit, jpontes enjm Siciliæ, præfèrtim Ætna adeo
frigidus^ft, .ut per» mammam adjatis 5 partem nivibusfifc op^ptus,
$Cc.vCaro hujus avis laudatifiimaï efty faejlis Conco&ionis, nutri-
menti rnülti & optimi, unde & primum dignitatis gradum apud
vetères obtinuit. ..
The Imber, Imbrim, Ember, or the gréât Northern .Divier,
is a pretty large Sea-Bird, a little bigger than a Goofè: it has
a long Neck, the upper part black, as-,well as the bill and feet ;
but from the breaft downwards ris white : there are alfa feme
white feathers at the extremity of the wings and tail. ;/Fhe
wings are lo fiiorty that 'they “can hardlyjâïfè themlèlves wi|h
them p ànd the legs ftand fofat back waîdsy: that they ard'hotto
fit to walk with, asto gaddle fcheinlèlVes riflohg ' the water.
'Hence arifes that ftrange àocount3 in which évery body agrees, that
the Immeren is never feeii to Come aftidre, ■ excepting in the week
Before Ghrifhnks • from Whdnce the • fourth Sunday in Ad vent is
called by the people in gefteraldmmer; or, according to their way
of exprefling,: Ommer^Sohdagi On enquiryj hóvv they find place
and opportunity" to hatch their young, I have bêen införmed they
lay but two eggs, whioh'-'iâ vèry likëîy f fdrdne never lees iiidre
than two young ones with thenf: Underthdir wihgs in their: body
there are two pretty deep teles, big enough-: to-put orid?s fift in :tfift
each of thefè they hide-an èggj iand hatch thé yoiiiig; ones thferb,
asperfeâ, and with lefs trouble, than others'dó-bh ftiore. Relata
refero, fed conftanter & a plurimis relata. Hr. Lucks 'Debés, whom
Tcorffider as a prettycàutibus'Wtit'ëiy “does not ’lóofc' upon*this
to be improbable, where hé; irt; His Delcription of Eâfôerûes, ;ip.
ia 8 ,& lèqu treats öf thât-Bird.Héôbférves’ that the Tmmérdn,
according to the opinion of lome, is not the Isfuglen orHalcedo,
which FranziuS, -in his Hiftér. animâiitim facta, deleribes to^be
of quite a different form, andJindeed a little Bird, It is ' laid
the young ones are daftly enticed afhöfdp arid killed ; ' but thé old
ones, which are tnoft valued on âcedünt of their fine feathers and
down, know very well how to guard themfelves againft Gun-fhot
l A - T Ü R A L H m T O R T of 'N G R I T :A T.
-for they duck quick' üfldéiriyabt, and thén'comé up again in a
imdöiend-, I Several fhöt friay bê difchai^d‘ tel the pkice'where
they areüekpecled vf©«appear, butf-»fëlcl6m with Tuècefe?' «"Thbfe
that'will.,'killJtl^eiii maft airmat tfie^fiindeir partsf^'Hat ’fhë^fEöt
may go in under th ^ ie a th e fs; fdf-shey g-if©4 - fo''thiokr,^ah'd*aie
fo very sfoft, that the fhot is damped!,--arid‘dofe's^ifl^farce, ' ‘if
they are flaot -in« the faie^parts#. Ws far as I yét ha-ve fdfmcl, Vi|s '
wonderful Bird feem^to^fee qrfite unknown in-fdf eignrpart s 5%qr
neither-AldrovandusJGe&eruSj 'Willhghbeite, -Zofrifts/ or Kléin1
fay any thing sof W$i4 héyiare ’lfkd^ife^ühlriioWrf' t^-mariy* é f röy|
Nffifvegian. 1 wyisÉfcs c
Jo^togl, Jo-Tyv* ,or ^Jp-Thief, '-feêtdfei he‘fbB¥'öfhet ^Birds’, ri. ,0;
is ^aljed alfo Kive. Itus in fhtfpe like' aiStrarid^bï^fgp^ ‘tHo’ óf a
darker colour j .'and is- aw enemy sto> thofe $efy
dangerous one^a-s may beiconcjl'üd'ed y fdr'hè' ‘oifi^ fïnvé&‘ in Ws
purfuit after them, taget theirpre^foöm them, Which'h’e^ to a
lazyi.-*t®icatchifór hiihfélf fu r -if HêVarft get
other Bi^ds dung, from-whence the Dötoh’ call Him Strarit-Jager.
Asafoon as. the. other, drops, it, ’tist inftantly- batched up by the Jo-
Ftiglefiy and with ) hat he is fatisfieé withodt any further ;<Jerhand :
this I. adi afiured of by .-many that-h'avé ''bbfetvëd' -i^^Tlie; Jb-
Fuglen appears in Norway ëafrly in the Spring;4-and #%oif { p i ’*'
after Autumn. Its eggs,:ajre> like the Maagerfs, but fomethrn%
darker. See Erid. Martens.Spifczbergensk-e -Travels^' c.,;# 'p ; '63,!'
The Iri^k is a pretty littlefwiginj .'Bird-yvêry' well kno^ri :
found in Gplandet, but not the’ ri^ht gémun^Ifbrt,"<aV'has ’been
obferved by. -thei bell Judges. Near Bergen there isifaJfélftJ of
Bird called Knotter, which is different from thelrisk onl^fn the
note 5 in Other refpeéls they ate quite alike;
S E C T - II.
The Kiseld is a Land-Bird, tho’ of that fort that lives alwayf&ai*
about thé fea coaft, and it never goes on. fche‘water buf td'fave
itfelf by ducking a little while .under water. Tt is»in' fize» and
fliape much like a Pigeon,’ with a. Jong narrow red bill,» and red
Hnabryne, as if armed’yVitlr a heavenly coat' of mail: Stherwife%eM; ia afcribeil*
another origin $ tJie narne^- tho’ fOjjuft, when, it 15 fajd im Mufeo,Wofm'iaho;}i p
g^wilfefgus '
lönêa cttelé® i h f 3'*fijas%tyffidlb^ei rifltóiiSb 'ita Veddfdit *
gufior. j. ,e. Lorica non .dat m,o;ti vicid^yitam. iRatio^fiomini?! a,-colore,* ut eiiftiiir& ’ »
pedtii ;éft; - - - ' Vóh&nint IflandTfitó^l^iB impofitioiiéiègmficare, ave^fiafee
pulehtóma coloruiü varietate &i diftiiMüóne,1 ufque adeo ornitas eflè,{ of dfrfpofljht I
cffildtem quandam lijricany^ndjjiflè.
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