N A T tpR A h H I S T O R Y of :N O R W A Y .
tiling tfei&fbnndrOa t4 e;;foifeieoof tKe water, or along the/coaft ;•
for clki of i'the Maagen to duck under the water
tip id£&; Ms galleti and» meis» areicrhage, .-that" these -h^Jfeen
found feven herrings in one of j them at .once ; ms. beak . is long,
and fomeWhat-bent at the extremity; and upwards towards;;the
head therd are tWolongifh noftrilsi-, liis'legs arebut;thin andilen-
der,' but MfWiHgs*sirhftrong. The diferencje of &e kinds of
Gulls is tbs', that fome are of a light grey colour-, and large,
which are called Graa-Maafer; thefe have a yellowbill and redJegs,
and are of the fize of a common hen. Some differ only by hieing
blue and white, with fome black feathers on the hinder Igpt.
Some ard black on the wings and back, which are called Sw-arte-
bager; of '1thik is that called the Scare crow: : Others' again
4re fmaller, and of a blueilh colour, which are balled Saqe-Unger :
they build their neft near the water, particularly on. the,, ftnall
iftands and cliffs in -the fea, which are covered with fuch dumber 5
of them,1 that they appear quite white * : their eggs; y/hich are
not defpicable food, are taken away in large quantities.. ^E&ch
female lays three;eggs • they are very large, with great black
fpots; they fit alternately on them, and hatch .'them ■ in ,ab@ut
14 days :* the birdmen catch them with! an angling-hook (like
fifh; the fleflb is" not ufed, and. they1 ate •skiuned^mitfi tlfo
down on, whichis very thick,and makes their ftnalhbody -appear
much larger than it is ip : When the. Gull
•water betwixt the cliffs and inlands, and. the main land j. , then Jih®
farmer knowsdt is time to make ufe o f . his1 nets to fifh j,^for moft
kinds» of fifh'Come here, in fhoals, '.which" this -Bird purfues
wherever they go.
Mufvit.> :See Kiodmeife.
The Natvake, a ftnall Bird,- which, nbhdbnb^ .has that -jaame
from its watcjbfulnefs, and making an odd kind of rioif^all night;
it is otherwife not much known to me. .
The Nordwinds-Ptbe is fomtethMg Ms than a Starliiig; of a gfey
colour : it has, without doubt,thisname [from ar- noife that it
makes; as is obferved, when the North wind is-to* blow; .»thisf if
true, mull come from an extraordinary fenfation he feels »in ;his
body at, that time.
. * Sometimes the Eagle vifits them .tafeaft himfelf, but then stb^» ga|her »together
to defend themfelves,. and with a loud fhriek and noife fcare this king of Birds, Jjd
often put him to flight. • . 1
v f ' A particular fort of Strand-Maager, which are foufld; about- Greenl3nd;i. but as
far as I know, nothere: they arecalledbythe Hollanders Mallemokke. »■ .See Ander-
fon’s Description of Greenland, §. xxx. p. m. 16S.
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t iTh&^g^^ $^rig©E^^ ^^ |^ox^.af>Bigepn;..iii c o l o u r i t |
blu| ,and white,: it haunts, the pak and hazef, trees 1 H U B Skr»g,irrt
h e a well-known, large, ftrong and o™.
majeftic )Bird^. B m d s l i o n amongft the
^e^ffs^ ^mg,_ 4*1 > eight forts of Eaglejj
of which two f the Rock-Eagle,
!^W r^ erakbe Slag-Ora:»it
^ f^etlnng.;l!e^thaji,t^||||i^)a ^ fpotted with grey • it haunts
thesh^heft ^pl^ggg.pn.jtj^.&QURtry, and, kjfls,hares,, fhepp, lambs^
ga<|,,.thg'l!ikf p | ^ ^ v^a%.;,w|el|.!as Bircls ;.^d.j^r<m^,aaay, beliey#
thg-faj^gri^fc^nl^ thgjr .ifddy a ^eer fbmefrmgf
in)ftjhis .eqtprariz^he r-^nakesfule .,p£ vthis, ftratagem j he
ioaks
gravel, t|e1Bdgfaj’s jfece,,f;and:;
li.im. for .h. .pain of this feti himi^apigg^afi^at• ■ like,:a(
cre^fvyre,ra^d krggugimy ,|ie?t:turn,l>Ies »down, al .rock; or
f^me {^e^iplacc,. .aq^p^^.sfqisineck ; thus he becomes a prey
^o.lihsjjJEagle, affured .pie, .
^ |iq d ^ ly > ^ t^ fj.o^.i.,«id4 w;or%
ouf jfand'I h^vg; l|oih qc&rd,:and read.in foreign authors,.many.
acc^un^“tof ,0fi^|pn ,of tiyo.or. three, ynarg
old, b(ut^©.pyor believed it, till ,9. yery worthy,man, who -was
, affiired' me
|(entr^3^ ^ e^ e^ t in, the,patifh of .Nqrderhqugs on B iogp.
rinpn, a. hoy^or. ^boat jiyyQ.,yeafst-old. had got,oat into the.
n^^s,|o,^ok?|i^Yfus,pateqtsyjfwhp>='5vere, ^6 work pretty near , the
kOjUieu. fintj npt|j^r enough,^to-fave,„this.ihild .q-om an Eagle,
w h o^ c tM s^ la lo^ : i n t o w i t h j h i m y , ; % h f | » h .
f^phpopty.p^gnts,,beliefd. with, ipexproffihid . gtief an^.anguifh.
^dpAO^, an his, .pefeription of Icelan^y. ::j5, xxx-viii.£, p. .!m.
f8..py.s,*|,thaf children of four pr,. five, years old haye' been taken
away -.hyi th®.»Eagles ;.».which the learned; anonymous Icelander,
typ) fas.^luff^ed„the panilh tranflation with,his .comment,
dgubtlSi, . .p^. %S^y •m,.regafd ,to( the age,,-, Ray * gives’; an account
opa child of a year old, in. the Oijkney iflands, -that 'was carried
>away.four rmleapyjm Ragle tb‘his neft, where :the mother found
it^nhuft^^d tpok.pt 1 away:' many, more inch inftances may be
met with in authofs, as a warding to carelefs pa,rents. .
hs * mfeftmhimiuimis ahrvipaimis:inyolutum artipuit: fqttem miSEferoegfiel^ u8^i
bileaproagne' al.laft.iraf-lmQimenfa.tBrnp9as d^iofuerat .in loco» Hautofthead didti)aSiifni
quee deperrtafle. pen’4 miflia .paffauhirad' Hoyam.' Quai#4 ex^tnafiris. ejulatci 'iajgnita',
feientes ubi nidiiseflet, infantulum ill^- »
yipi &» iij^<%m deprehendiemot. Ray. Ptodom. H i f e '» Scpr,
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