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Animali found in Nor/oik. 



(Dec. U 



THE KING-DOTTEREI.. 



" There is alio a fen-dot lerel, fomewhat 

 lefs, but better coloured than the former." 



THE STONF.-CURLEW. 



{Charadrius cedicnemut of Linnaus.) 

 «' There is likewife a tall and hand- 

 fome bird, remaikably eyed, and with a 

 bill not above two inches long, commonly 

 called a ftone-curlcw. It breeds about 

 Theiford, amongft the ftonesand fliingks 

 in rivers." 



Obf — This bird is fo comtnon in feve- 

 ral parts of the cout.ty as to have the local 

 name ot Noif. Ik pi .ver. 



* 1 HE AVOSET. 



" Avojeta, called a fki)oping-horne, is 

 a u'.i back and whi'e bird with a bill fe- 

 iriicircularly btnt upwards, fo that it is 

 rot ealy to conceive how it can feed. It 

 is a fummer bird, ^iid not unfrequent in 

 marfh-land." 



Obf — The avofets are fuppofed to feed 

 on worms ai'd the larvu- of inltfts, which 

 they fci-op vith their bills out of the foft 

 ir.arfhy ground. 



THE OYSTER-CATCHER. 



" There is alfo in this county the pica 

 marina, or fea pie." 



IHE COMMON COOT. 



" Fulicas., cottas, or coots, are frequent- 

 ly to be ohlVrvcd in very great flocks on 

 the broad wateis. On the appearance of 

 a kite or buzzard, I have fcen ihem unite 

 from all pai's of ihe fli I'ein immenlenuni- 

 beis. If the kite Hoops, near them, th-y 

 will fling up iuch a fl^fh ot water with 

 their wirgs .^s to endanger that bird of 

 p-ey i aiid ihey thus elcape him. The 

 coots m-ike -a ; excelienl defence round 

 their U'f^ ■ ?_^ainll the fame bin's, by bend- 

 ing ?nd twining the rulhe^ and reeds h 

 above tliat thev cmnot poflibly ttoop at or 

 injure the voting ones." 



THE WATER-riEN AHO WATER RAIL. 



" We h-;ve the gallinula aqiia'.ica, or 

 moor-hens, and the ralla ajuattca, or 

 water- rail. 



THH WILD-SWAN. 



** In hard winters the elkes, a kind of 

 wUd-lw?n», are feen in eo lm>ll number. 

 It is reraa. k?.L'le in thefc birds that they- 

 have a ftrapg.. recurvation of the windpipe 

 through the Jleoium. The lame is i.U'o 

 obfcrvable in the cranes. It h probable 

 that they cime from gi-eat didatices, for 

 all the Norihcrn tiavclleis have obfeived 

 them in the remotelt parts. Lke tlivers, 

 and ibme others of the Northern buds, if 

 the winter he miid, they ulualiy cme no 

 further Ibiith tiian Scotland : if veiy hard, 

 they proceed onwards tiil they arrive in a 

 country fufficisntly warm," 



THE BERNACLE-GOOSE, BRENT-COOSF, 

 AND SHIELDRAKE. 



<» BernacKs, and brents or branta, arc 

 common ; as are likewife (heldrakes of 

 Sheledmens, Jonftoni. The latter breed 

 in rabbet-burrows about Norrold and other 

 places." 



THE SHOVELER, THE PINTAIL, AND 

 GARGANEY. 



" Jl/tas platyrincbos, a kind of duck 

 with a remai kably broad bill ; the fea- 

 pheafant, which holds Ibme refemblance 

 in the feathers of its tail to that bird ; 

 and the teal, or the querquedula, are not 

 uncommon in Norfolk." 



•' The Wild-goose, and Goosan- 

 der, or merganfer, are found in this 

 county." 



THE DUN-DIVER ? 



" We have the mergus ferratus, or faw- 

 billed diver, which is bigger and longer 

 than a duck, and is dilfinguilhed from 

 other divers by a remarkably fawed bill to 

 retain its flippery prey. This confifls 

 principally ot eels, of which fome are ge- 

 neially to be found in their bLllies. 



THE SMEW, 



" We have many forts of wild-ducks, 

 which pafs under names well known to 

 the fowlers, though of no great fignifica- 

 ti^)n, as fmews, wigeons, arts, cinkers, &c. 

 In fevy counties are wnter-fowl more abun- 

 dani than in Norfolk, owing chiefly to the 

 marfliy nature of the country, and the 

 great number of decoys, elpecially betwix^ 

 Norwich and the fea." 



THE PUFFIN. 



" ^ftas arBica, Clv/ii, is tlie fame bird 

 that in Norfolk is called a puffin. It is 

 common about Angletea, in Wales, and 

 is fomttiivies taken on the Norfolk feas. — 

 The bill is remarkable : it differs frorn 

 th'it of a duck in being formed not hori- 

 z.ntally, but vertically, for the purpofe of 

 feeding in clefts cf recks or ihell-iifli, fee.'' 



THE SHEARWATER. 



" A fea-fowl called fhearwater, fome- 

 what billed like a cormorant, but much 

 Imaller, is a <trong and fierce bird that 

 hovers about fhips when the failors 

 cleanfe their fifh, &c. I kept two of them 

 for fix weeks, cramming thetn during 

 that time with fifh, which they would n.T 

 feed on of themlclves. I have been tofd 

 by feamen that they had kept thefe birds 

 for three weeks without giving them any 

 food white^'r. I afterwards kept one of 

 them without food for fixteen days." 

 THE gannet. 



" One of th( fe large white and ftrong- 



billed birds called gannets I met with that 



had been killed by a greyhound n«ar 



Swaifham. 



