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•Kiod-Meife.
Krag«,
Kiykkre.
Langi vie.
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Jegs : bis, uppe* part- is -blafek, ghd.be •ffwhitg under the belly arid
ayiffgs. V'T^e male v and-febaals turte .to^hatcfcfifeheir
young, which is done in 14 days/ 0® .thpbai'e cliff; the «gg£ are
ffrealed j they: bye -on fbelhfifh and feanweeds; they eoms in
the Spring, and are not feen after Mkhaelmas-day. gi The farmers
fay thj5y^flyj!o?^r to Scotland-
The Kiod-Meife, for Mufvit, the Rlaekcapp called:'ibyv feme
Tallaw-Qx, is one of the fmalleft Land-Birds; ’tis abnoft like
the Wrgh ; the body is black and yellow, and ’.tis white under
the belly, with a black cap on his head. They keep to the hordes,
hut are hated and perfeeuted ; for,-according to his name, .he is
fuch a lover, of meat, that he watches every opening or. hole to
get into the farmer’s pantry, and fells ..upon the meat:,- and
will egt h-is way into it like a moufe :t even , when ; the* meat
hangs npto be fmoaked,they can hardly preferve it yfrom
thefe Birds ’ they are cstfehed like mice; in a trapd i
The Krage, Kraako, a well-known black and igrey Birdv of
prey ! it lives upon carrion, and fuch other-foul food. It,is find
to warn other Birds of their purfoers; for it .fmells gunpowder
at a diftance, tod follows the ybird-Ihodters with its fhrieks,
and often fruftrates their hopes. The fox is their moft dangerous
enemy, for be deals upon them when they are afleep on the
ground.
On the fqa coaft thefe Kragers live upon fmall fifh and worms,
common along the fhere, and particularly on rrsufcle&lj i But thiy
can’f open the (hells, otherwife than by flymg ’ high with them,
and dropping them on a rock to break them in pieces, it
The Krams-fugk See Droflel.
The Krykkie, is a Sea-bird, much like a Maage, with a yellow
crooked bill, and fmall red feet: under the belly it is white, and
above it is grey, with a brown ftreak' along the. back : it/comes
with the Summer, and takes its leave in Autumn.
The fetogivie, Lomgivie, or Lomvifie ; for the named thefe
and other Birds differ greatly, according to places, and their dia-
Thefe, which are of the Goofe kind, have black running
a-crofs the back and wings, but . they are white under the belly r
they are called otherwife, by way of excellence, Stor-fuglen, be-
capfe they are amongft the larged of the kind of the Sea-birds,
and fly high, to lay their eggs on thofe rocks by the fide of the
ocean in Nordland, particularly at Trsenen and Vseroe, where
they afford a eotyifortable maintenance to the inhabitants, though
got with a great deal oJT trouble and danger, by climbing thofe
deep precipices after them. Willughbehis fays, L. iii. p. 2 4 4 ,
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that they are Qwk$i and others, hut :are fitupler,
and eafier n^fçh’di g The fign £ lays 'hut ;,nsfe egg|dt ; a tiriie,/fhe
ha^phps iftnfoUr , in tall that tinre ideas ; not’d it frobn
it : flic is fed by the sock till the youhg one is: tfateè weeks old,
with'her to tthfe oceankn her ' back.
^indjaFeif^uendyi&iiindufèvêi:al hundred^tn--a place,
lyingj'fe.^^ilegetherj/thht the reckds Coverigd When
thp^rtnotbef jfo©4s Ter yaan^ f tbefalthey. .fit uji;'bâc^wards,nand
flie ftretcbes he,r neck under her wing, to reach the> young one’s
bill, l^ it isijborffldi'ttme that the fowler comes/to the. place,
fiy|hytl;ftbe, Bitds;ffornot know hia lintentihhs. by fe&peiienoe, then
they’ll .fit tocf fufter; themfelVes ; to be: killed y but j-ifuthby fly
away, and come again y then each young one knows how.lto find
its mother’s wing,: as eaehbeedoes its cell, though there- is.no
dijjèrencé; in their make.', |
..The Lax-Titeyis.îa Watembirdj in appearance like a Skade, ux-rite.
but with .ldng red legs, .and a rbd bill. >* Tbiki,has,its name from
lh% fingulaf .cif©mfttobey. that it, particularlyÏ iii thd Spring,
when the Salmon comes aip the rivers, follows that filh, andfeetns
pleafed mitskempanyVrfcovbririgr®n thè.watér. where i t paffes : it
isk kind efid ffgn^:tOi/tlKSffiflwrn^..ib
- ; The* Lerke~, the La r k o f this bird we have here two forts, Èbtê. •.
one called the ffinmng Lark, wfakh we^^^find only id^ Siimmet :
this isjof a brown colour, and builds in heath, and among fmall
bufhes:, butis/hafd to* be found. Thedtherj is*theRora-'Letke:
this,-k|:^fomédiifflg iargef, and it is foenofoeneft ini the Winter jyet
both forts are fcen foeretimes in large flat countries, and alfo oa
feme of the iflands.r ..
. ..The Lom, Liom, Lum, the Northern Diver, which Ol. W£àm. .
nms, inMufeo, p. 304, caUs:CidymbukiAr3 iGum, is fc^atgri
bird, not quite fo large as the before defcribed Immer, or.Ember,
bpt otherwife like it ; but yet more like the Ra^os-bill fwlfich
has been before defcribed) excepting that the neck is thicker, and
the bill is fharper. Its bignefs may-bp known from this, that they
fometimes weigh two pounds. .They are all over of a;rtioufe*grey,
and fombwhat lighter under the brcaft : t)ao’ their wings are but
finall, yet they fly pretty well ; but they walk extremely flow,
and with difficulty * , becaufe their legs ftand ïfdcftoböckwtod4
under their tail, àsfe’they do on the Immercn and Razïót-bill-J
, ijÉfïHfi, this Bird’s{b|.Agait Schefferfo -détiy^s Jbis naipc,^ hisiyyppn, c, 30, where
Î.ôâîniêj "ht Lüiflme,s s*,; is tfié
bürshàt I wiE. nót dteteröïine. : M diê- fiifté plaéëAe tàfts k
Halv-Ænder, Açhôfe poù^cedE bill afohe di!ftmgiâihes h and miaay ethers from the
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therefore