0
otèeîrdalp.
StillitZi'
StOfk. -
Svale,
H A T T IR A I , H T S T O R Y lof* N O R J T i A Y i '*%
tho’ that difference probably isjonly a change« of their Cblouf,
as the Partr|p,geS^and hare's become white in Winter 5. .but ! I
do not know any more pî this, ,-thaa what Olîg. Tacôbsèus, in
Mulèo Regio, Seét. ii. p, iîu writes : In" quibuiHam NërVegiæ
locis tempdre hyemali paflerèsiomnes nivèumebloremmduere rion-
riulR référant,- LJ; : r •: wm 3s-r!r ' I : /: bns p/sdirJ?- p æe'-jifT
The Staer or Star, the .Starlingpis; in lhape like ’a Thrafh ; Ht
I? fitted,fr^îs fcrtdpiÆMSiufeallpinigrèafeifi^htsÿ and
builds its neftin barns or Rabies, The Starlingihas two brohds of
fyduag.in a;year; and/in ithe;-Winter ethey rensain, withiiks in -a
ftate;Æ infewbiEty» p f
The Steéndulpfî^ur .Sfeeepfquette; ithe W a t e r fol called
heeaufajt /buddsdts neft among ftones, is a fmall grey and white
Bird,: fomething .like a Sparrow: if isièalM ^yifome:^^icfe;Sfeiert;
.becaufe it is. ^Lways twaggi®g» -its taih r -
The .Stillitz, the. ;G©idfipefa0/&sl'a 2welhkno^h?i,pretty ehlfle
Bird, adnjired fort ks;finging, and- frequently-kept^in à cage.-R-
The Stork,?does> not properly .belong to this .wbrk,? bec^nfe it
is not .a, native bf thia ^BnÉfyjs^^îbtl^tfé^ïWQlf ^liish afj^l^r
feen-one,iefpecia]ly,eà&w#d^i&i^j ip^^n^ ÿslî im^|heÿ h^ej&^h
Storks weftwardy ;byt. then piefhàps.nnlyf^hnglè.one^ tând :rieyer
to make any flay, or build their IBÉftÉÉji fo->$hafe they- have probably
been ftrày?d;ones, , that by-aëtideht had left .the flock *; fv
- jStrapd :Erle,1.-.-tS®e Jailer»
Strand Bfcadn. See Skaddii
The Syale, «or Swallow,.-: is very well known by its building
,ajb>c[ut hopfes,4 |Mr- Jfesdpem:, in his Hidotip Avl®®1} -'juftphb-
lifhed, pL *pj5j-i % fefjt has given a long» differtatiorf ^concerning
the Swallows place-of habitation in the Winter. : he has inferted
feVefal, wellrattefted- accounts^: that perfons. have, found them >ât
that- feafon in the wajer, which does - not; want • confirmation in
this country ;- for almoff every body kB®y?s^ that towards the
Winter, after they have chirped about -a* little*. or, as we fay,
fung their Swallow-fong, they fly in flocks together, and plunge
themfelves down in., frefh-watèr lakes** and: commonly anaongfl:
reèds and bufhes ; whence, in the Spring, they come forth again,
and take p'offeilion of their former dwellings. Our fifhermen in
^ ^ Thefcatditf 'of^HisBird m Norwky, one may lay % .like the reft of (Sod’s works,
wifelyrccmtrivyd j for thU.fcoutitry has: left- occauon'for thenictharr others, arid' they
would findlefs'to live.upon; becaufe here, as ihris. been faid before,.are fé^er Snakes
arid poiforiôùscreature’s. This ' réafon is jufter than "Dr. "Owen’s jeft^of the ‘Stork’s
averlion to thofe -cities or towns in Germany where they do riot pay the clergy their
tenths : n._rapporte,que les cigognesTont favorables au cierge, car elles ne veulent point
fcjourner dans aucune ville-d’Allemagne, où-l’en ne paye peint de dimes aux Eçclefi-
afnques. ttraîMi Srftari. Tôm. xii/p.'^.f’K'*' "u'",
the
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the« Winter* fometimsl^ ;.by lacoitfent, fdT;UpQfr fahofeifloeks hi- ,
Swallows in this ftate,.< and bring them up by fc,o remand. even
by hundreds together: /-they finditherh/teoripled-^twp^and two
together, i with their legs-, entangleefc arid Bills flruck in one another
- ( and they appear,■ aJl^dge thecalikie'3a ftrang.e'.mafsl.hj'lf’ .they!
afire-brough'lw intcp a*'•.warm '.roorm-it-hey 'fwilb"Jadgimufi© -move’-,iii .
half anihour^ and^in a little;while, will?fluitfer^.and fl^£^ptf;
yetrthtk: tfnitimely^.aijd;/Uhnatural v^viviag idpe».n9t sJaftgpngqp. than;
an hour, a f lmoft, and then they>_en|irdy die< In 01au,s Magnus’s
time this experiment^was# well' krtown ift this ’ country,, and is
ppfcribed in his Hiftor. Septentr. libf-xix;jGap.«irt' ^ -'\
•l The Svajfe,-the ^.wapi i4djftranger in th-is climatetj/apdiis propferfy SvanV,
nopNorVegian Bird, - and thereforeinhvpr1 feeiti in ith^.ealk
try, where the Stivers: are always.lrozert up in the W.ihteid^hB^’O-A
the weftern fide, where.! (Pare i3chapii.){ have-dbfprved' that- the'
Winters are..muchtmilder -than in Denmark, ,oE-ihai>yjpat-6s,ieC Germany
; and where the fea - is always,;open* and unfrozen, there!
are Swans*,- particularly in Suneffiord, «. neat^Svane (Gaardj -.and
thefoabouts,,-tho^not.injanyigre^t number; Tor they are .but the
offspring-of fbrfie few Ticagg-krsj- which r-the fgnere) Winders, of
x 70,9; .and 1.5/40L‘in parjtigailar, drove; hit-her _ to feek foroppeis
^srater>s«;'--at!,i ivhieh time d.he, eolch.wiss fo {evfre^thata^ven^iii
France thehentineis, died on .:|heiE--^|$y., ^
the froft,! and -the Birds! dropt down -defduQutiof tfe air/fftthe
whole Eaft Sea was at that> time»frozen, Pve/ ;.fo that- ppopfe |rave|l’d ’
from Copenhagen, to Dantzick upon the ice, asfecufe as-if;they-;trai
veil’d on land ; fiut all the fait waters. in)tbis,'country were, at that
time, open; and alfo at Bergens-Yaag God s wonderfuiprov-iddhce ;
brought us at that time m^riy Wat^rffowls] before ..utiklioWn. Cdus,
and amongft them Swans. .ThisrJJiufh appear wonderful toiaphildt
fopher, who would certainly never;be perfuaded to.look for;fluid
water ip the Norths wh^a it was frozen in the'South f. i
Sondenwinds-Fugl, the Southrwind B-ird, fo called .becaufe Sondenwkd3,
i^.hever fe^»but when the South-wind -begins’ to,,blow, asthef"sU
before-mentioned Nordwinds Pibe progriofticates the! North-wind ;
fo that thefe two fpecies of Birds ferve-hete as' a living Weather--
glafs, forming their progaoftications1 npt. from/deep cpnfiderar
tion fand conclufions^;;hut: from the .-greater .dr leffer pteffurb'
. *:l|pertheleSAj%|§conte|®l^^!fo!-^^^^^^ lately, and without the M p t e s t e
Birds. See Biblioth.
Britanriique, Tqrii. ifetiii'. 3E*. K?;p,.'2f|.;if$
S Iqjpi*. Nfe. Hoireb'dw’s Accouttt of Iceland, jtift publifffidi we read,with ’fefprikd
tlat.iS^^‘arts^|^.^^yL:!gf«it ntvfobmjifa thie Siitiiltlrf;5 :aiSl''iti
the Winter m thfe'operi feai f-‘'4!4 .' •
of