ï The öi^Fiffe-Êkg’^ ï ï o f a ligM btin# Colöur^^d
exceeds the former iri fizè. = '’Fhi's^dcréj pot diflifce à dead careafè on
fliore, btf<liT<^ principally dn flh, which it often watches to* take
from the oftèrsj and frequently feizes; op the fiirfâceof the water.
It w>H eat alfe* the heads* ând entrails of fiHi, which are left in
great hèë^/ aftfef the cleanling and fàltïng of fifh, and fall tö'thë
fliareTbf many other Birds and Beaft s ; but when the Eagle comes
a® Bëiohgs \fO--hihil alohte. When this Bird flies out at lea to
ftfike a fiflj With his talon?, he fonaetimes happens to lay hold of
ftfch atëfocr'ftróng for hirriy arid they will drag him down to
thé1 bottom; this has beèn particularly leen more than once with
the Heîîëfiyfdefy:i which!£isc0ôâlfed here Queitè, and1 will be
deferibed héreriftfer. This is {q large, that it Will fometimes fill a
calk : the Queitr’ä high and prominent back makes hint appear, in
thêP4ÿeâf-'£f ;'tBe* W c j Q ë j léffe than^ he ' redFyJÎS : ;;wb^ tho
Eaglë ftrikéS/,, hTs Tâîôhs'::ifltb him he cänjiof eafify get. théhi
dut âgaifi, bècaüfë of their crooke.dnefs and length j Iförthat the
fifh drags him down with him j"’and the Bird makes a ‘miferable
éry, lCOèping hihslèrf trp, ànd working^ Vith^his' ;vvihgsi fprèâd
d é T é r i g ' l t ë ' f i é f o r ^Vlaff h® Àbft' yieM^
and' béöftrib à°pfeÿ,fè thofe hé ihféndôd; tj> detbiiri ' Thilf rijby
ferv'e àë ân etnblem töcÄad^ ftumiH’and inconfiderate enterprizers.
I have been told that ottir Sdffdnioerfke fifhers ïônferimçsvatch this
kind dffifß•Withfegfe’sTâioàs:Mthè1 bâcrks pf them, and covered
óvër With flfefh and SitY^fiisE:iP f mark oTîfip
aSdfófefliid'*. Änd î hi^'bfeéH'â'lfo töld^tij^TOvèm'Vel^^!^
abiê °tîtoÔï“îheir oWff kttbwlèdö/ ançther .upiortditate
é^ffitióhvbFthë Eagle t Which fhëWS that this mighty king pf
Bitds iâ o|&fi ih the » wipng!, . and ekfefids his attempts beyond his
|^ettaifièh^:9 ie*;ïilh;;,;:iÂ1 i IficJä^riö'öf |thhrkjfid happened, 'apt
far frbrii Bfergëii ; ;'Whfere: an Eagle ftööd'öfl - the bank of a river,
and few a large falmoriv as if it wérèjuft underhim ; he (truck
üflâÉfiff5poiïéf; ofhiè talbhs Ititö thdftpt o r ‘an/eitn jctft 1 w ,'àftjJ
päMy^hahging: hter th*ë’Hvef$1 :hé Óthef hçfttudc into tbefaimoji,
^tó^-Wlö'-'vëfjt'largèi' $fóp^i eieinent, which dódbléd
his ffréngth^ fü that he fWäitt riwdÿ, and dplit the Eagle to his
neck, makhi|f literally a fpread Eagle of him -; a creature other-
wife known ôriïjy ift-heraidry'. 1
. * T,-' he '^toeodüe pJayçjhis ipgfeGutocljh'eitiygeii ramucïr :the falser kind, of à Viekpwhen
he has ftfuéfc hir efeiw*: to: thàt creatnte'sr.hyä j accordtogto Hr. Cohdamjhe, to1 Kis
Voyage eav fche Amazone Rivet» SeecHatoftv; Magirófe,. Vol.^i; •gd.Sï; ^.}Z5;6v. r
S E C T .
N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y of NORW A T m
.. s, e c t. mm
Raage. See Alike»
Ravn, the Raven, Corvus, is here, aFiri-other'places, well Ravn.-
known to-be 4-v@ra<âëus andr hurttöl Bird wSthi udt at esnlÿf
d^royS^dtheriBiiids, and their eeg^bntMfo ’lamb^ andikids.
tbîâ-rèâfonÿ îâccôrding-tOiM-r. L .’ ©êbes’^î>décbttat,râfci!was .ufndt
fiwtnérly, apd is'ftill at Faroe, that each farmer, oriiSt. (Mails
da^-is obliged to bting a Raven’s head with hiöï/öp forfeit'fóur
&rlhngs. The fàmë author plfp 'fafsi p.' r e;ÿ, ' that in thisieadn-
try: there are found -forae, thohfe^Vy that; ' ate < white ; and feme
half white and half' blacks Thffe ©hdd aire eafilÿ taught to
fpeak.
Willughbeius gives an account, Lib. iii. cap. of tbe
Sea Ravën, with feet like a Goofe, called the Cdrmofaat,- which Cormorant,
ate ’ found on the Scotch iflânds} c-and confequeritly .here ; ifor We
have all kind of Birds in common withtfeem| thoiigh T ihaye' had
no particular account of this Bird from my obfervers. He fàys: of
thefe, that they are tamed and broke in the-fame manner as the
Otters, to catch fifh for their maftersufe, of -’which the "Gormo-
rant brings aChore a pretty deal together, \.âfîd Sffebn; caftS them
Upi This Bird’s way of catching fifh is te-'ditl
them, and throw them up when he comes afesfe/fetthetfamlly’^
nfe; fo that th ^ do' ! hot lóok very témptirig-toieatï - :We ha!yé
the Night1 Raven alfe here, which^^'dtersf% ; Ms iffightfuT ftöifèin
the night,- and is thence namediNÿâi Cor^Jc. ’
: Reyri iSpoe» ', See Heiloe;
' ; Ringetroft. See Droffell.
1 O f thè Rype,^^ or Partrid^èj wé have in'Norway two &rf9> jj
namely, the Field Rype, Which livps very high in thistrocksj,. aftd
is Ids than the other; arid the cOmdion fort ; they are teÇhrillu.CB
about the fizeof a Figeen, which they aîfô refèmblè, excepting that
their legs are covered with feathers ; and they rire therefore called
Lagopus, i. e. Harè-foöti, The common Partridgei which haunt?
the low vailles Or dales, is femething larger,: abÖut t'he' fizë öf
a fmall Chicken. Both forts are White in the'^ihteï; - ip> the
Spring fpeckled, and in the Summer’grey ; they àfe hère in- gréât
cpantitiesj -yet forife years adore than others *.
*. Wkea fajk& ppnjes ^^h.thp fçoïï*, dtowrii mmfr
tMns aowji int4 tiie'vfflife, then plna«, ip më qiocefe^ pf nefgên, éwe&k. great
■ quantity ittflfPartridges j -sut ifthe fitft 3how ■ ébàies with a wçeft dr î©ütR-Wsft*'Sinâ,
then it carries thetn up towards the roclts, .and we dont ^et many that year hereabout.
They