Tèift.'
Tield.
6f? tbr -a^the jatVferafidwiiig the trees
portends a ftorni. .‘Not to mention the many almanacks people
have 1 about their bodies, to tell them when bad weather is
coming. The fmall Bird which -has occasioned this digreffkm
it >aMo called. Haren. -- It is black, larger, than a Starling, and
has Mtim fharp-beafc. Whether i f isfk&awn any*, "where dfe I
catoob ^ ^aVe not met with this,, 'nor feveril other
Norvegian Birds, amongft the feveral writers of Ornithology.
. ‘S E C T . VII.
Tasrne. See Sandtaerue.: .
The Teift, is.-a Sea-bird of (the eatable kind, and is veryiwell
tailed : it is fomething Ids than tfce:Rkzarbill, .and has red legs,
and a red'bill, which ;lall m moderately stong. In the Summer
they 'are hijack, with half their>wiflg$ white pand in the Winter
they change To a light grey, and that fo faddenly, that in a few
White r-nights one may immediately perceive the difference:
they lay two grey fpotted eggs, like a Pigeons. The male and
female fit upon them by turns, for fourteen .days c.-they biiald in
hollows and cracks in the: rocks, near the lea. Hr. Ramus-, fays,
p. 450, that theTeiften’s dung is of a deep red colour; and they
live upon a kind of Ihell-filh, which they get .along the fea-
coaft, which polfibly occafions that red colour. It is that k4nd
of Ihelhfilh from which purple was- firfl produced* Jp is: pro*;
bable that thefe purple-fnails might alfo be found herb in ;great
quantities, if they were fearch’d for. See further,-Cap. ii* $ . 1 1.
of the infe& called Roe Aat.
Ten. $ee Sandtallen, or Tendeloben #. ' -
The Tield, called ilfb ©lib, and by feme Strand -Skadi, tho’
this name perhaps is given tb'two different forts of-Birds.The
Tielden' pretty much refembles the Loon: it has a long yellow
beak butting out towards the end | the feet are half cloven and
half webb’d, like thofe kind of Birds that livb upon fuch prey as is
caught both on land and in water. They come early in the
Spring, and by their cries fright:other Birds. This Bird is a
great enemy to the Raven : it flies ftgainft him with violence,
and‘ flicks his thick and (harp bill into him | this makes him
fet up a melaueholy noife, and take to flight; for this reafonth©
Tielden is the farmer’s favourite, and is treated as a protestor and
■ | The three names, Tterne, without 4 6 ^ ;
one and the fame.BirdMfor;the eaftern.and wefterp dialett fnalies it appear fo Wetter
thingsi as’ when they,, according to. the Danilh manner, or ^preflingj ^lhppld fay*
Jem, Horn, Korn, barn, they lay, in thejr way, |ednt Hodn, Kodn, |Baadn. ,
welcome
Welcome giiéff, -that muff notbecabufedi Their manner o f bieding
i& unknown to me.
d The Tibr, Teer, Todder, Ursegallus Majór, tffè Cock of the Tit*.
Woo'd, Wood^hhdy m r&lCappea|:auce not ujh
lifëah Eaglep a^iistiMeclargiftJ off all the .rapfefe'ffilrds in this
couöttyv- u I t '-*efembitós ;.wild::Ta«k©y*eOcki, ^ulpeciafiy, •: in the.
bill ■ add* feet]'- tho "thef--öfews: are HfomeWhateimore; crooked:
this is- to be Uriderftobd öf’ths cock,.whci.is'bkck, andfome-
and has fbm©'tediaboot ;the:eyes.f The ben,
«SÖëa RfeypÖ1 Möcfe Iemand y^ïbïbhritifllj wifcK? black fpots *
ffiey générally nrè^f^und'fiivgtfe^xwc^kfe, wherai thisybli®è upon;
jêéMpfeir-Kf^ës arid fir^tbpé': thti iray Sec perceived.thy the: iafftecofi
fhëtrflé{h,'whicfei§othètWaf^:very -tëftder,^afidari:exceflentdifh
roaffëd-it bas- ff öm ïhfsföödthat refined® taftefobwhieh it is f®
remarkable. In Winter t-Mëy lJahy-themfeJyesd^ thh fnawp.illqe:tjhh
Pbtffid^"atfffGrbVffeu%5lff(^'defeip;-iffori «I6>tbiy ftay.Ithefe; in>
1 n^ié.i39‘Ffli#i i?3thë tM9 tifeyline •-deftröyaddSy ,thh
föx, Who knows::how tQ-'ffiid Out-’ their' bnfafe quarfesrs* They
have'alfor9>'détigërods rMiiftiy Jp ©èf^hawk,: which They ff®'
nC^J^pol^-thb^'t?ft^£®e£040eh larger^;'! When'thèy ate about
breeding it is laid thte cock Twills;' and raifes his' feathery-dike a
Törkèy-cOck, and makes a fort of cracking noife with his bill. ‘Y
Some writers make no other difference betwixt the Cock of the
Wood and' the leffer Tetrab, than that they are a larger fort of ! i
the fame {pêèiès, 'and%Ml this UrOgafius, Tetrao Major. By the
Venetians, Gallo di Montagna. Angl. Cock of the Mountain, or
of the Wood, t
Trsea-Pikker. See Spette:
Troft. See DroiTell.'
;& h C T. VIII. A
Vagtel, Coturnix, the Quail, a fmall, delicious, and fcarce Vagtei,
Bird: it is found in fome places in the eaft country, and alfó at
Jedderen j but here I have -not feèn!them. .
Vibe, the Plover, a wéll-knöwn Bird, of a middling fïze, vib*
of a brown and grey colour, and diftinguifhed by a tuff on the
back part of his neck, and by the uncommon noife which betrays
his neft when he wants to cönéëal it : there are not manyof
* Grygallum fnajoreni Gefneri Sc Aldrovandi hujus avis foeminam efie exiftimo,-
iifimiöa ènim'ln hoc genere avium, coioriftil varietate & piütihritudine mares excel-
limt.r Cum vero Gefhërus putaverit, in hullp animalium ^ne^„^smii|am mari jivil- i
chritudine anteire, praefumpta hac opiniónis deceptus in utroque urogalla feu Tetraone
majore fcilicet & minore diverfum fexum pro diverfa fpecie habuit & defcripfit.
Willoughb. öhütholog. Lib*ii. h la. §. ,1. ^.124, “
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