1805.] 



Antmals found In Norfolk, 



41i 



SwpfFham; I faw another in the marfti- 

 land which fought and would not be 

 forced to take wing ; and a third which 

 had bcf.T entangled in a herring- net, and 

 was t;.ken alive. Thelatier was kept for 

 a while, and was fed with herrings." 



THt SHAG. 



" Cormorants build at Needham upon 

 trees, and from that place King Charles I. 

 was always I'upjiiied witli <hele birds." 



THE C'JRVOflANT. 



" Bificies the above, there are the rock- 

 cormoraiits, wi.ich bieeci on rocks on the 

 Ncithcrn coU'-'ics, and come here in 

 winter. Thiy luff^r from thofe in their 

 grrar<'r fize, nnd m naving the under parts 

 oi th-Ir wing* A-hiuin." 



Obj. — Sir Thoni.'is Bnswne has evident- 

 ly givcti the nan-.e ol 'ormorant to the 

 fhag iiy iniltuke ; for tne true cormoi .<nt 

 (^corvorant of Pennant and Latham, ar d 

 pehcj.tiu: cirho .f Linn«us) --ilwavs 

 hviiid-> i s irelt on roi.k', ami never in trees. 

 Till, two DiTciv. aie veiv generally cm- 

 foundtdby iSie country proi'ie. 



THb PKLECiN. 



" An onocrotalui, or peiecin, was (hot 

 en Horliey-fen on the twenty -lecona day 

 of May, 1663, which I had ftutt'ed. It 

 was tKve yards ai d a half in the txtmi of 

 i<s wii.gs, and its chowie and be^k an- 

 fwered the ufual del'cription. The extre- 

 mities of the wings were of a deep brown 

 colour, and the relt of the body was white. 

 This was a fowl which no perfon could 

 remember having before feen upon this 

 coaft. About the fame lime I heaid that 

 one of the King's pelicans was loft from 

 St. James's. Perhaps this was the fame." 



Obf. — There can be little doubt Viut 

 thit the pelican here deltribed was either 

 this or fome other that had efcaped from 

 its confinement, fmce thefe bii ds are I'el- 

 dom heard of as flying at large in any part 

 of turcpe. 



THE NORTHERN DIVER. 



" We have the bird fpotted like a ftar- 

 ling, which Clufius calls mtrgus major 

 Farrenfis, from its being very common 

 about the Ferrolllands." 



THE GREAT CRE8THD GREBR. 



'• The mergus acutirnjlris fpeciofus, or 

 loone. '"^hrfe are handlbmecrelte.t birds, 

 with divided fin-like feet, which are fitu- 

 ated very back wnrd. There is a peculiar 

 formation in their leg bone, which has a 

 Jong and Iharp procels extending above 

 the thigh-bone. They appear aliout the 

 month of April, and breed on the broad 

 waters. Their ntft Is formed of weeds, 

 A-'c, that float on the water, fo that their 



eggs are feldom dry wbilll they are fac 

 on." 



THE tlTTLE GREBE. 



" The mergus minor, fiu.iU diver, or 

 dab-chick, is found in the rivers and broad 

 waters." 



THE SKUA CULL. 



" In hard winters I have feen that large 

 and ftrong- billed bird which Clufius de. 

 fcribes by the name of /iua Hoyeri, as 

 fent to him from the Ferro Illands. One 

 of two that were feeding on a dead horfe, 

 was (h*t at Hickiing." 



THE HERRING GULL? 

 " Among m^ny forts of /ar/, fea-mew;, 

 and cobs, the larus major is leen in great 

 abundance about Yarmouth during the 

 herring-feafon." 



THE BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



" The Larus alha, cr pults, are in fuch 

 plenty about Huifty, thjt they are fome-. 

 tiiires brought in carts to Norwich, and 

 fold at very low prices. Great fljcks of 

 them l)r-ed about Scoahon Mere, froiri 

 whence they are olten fent to London— 

 The country-people ufe the eggs of thefe 

 birds in puddings and otherwile." 



THi CRhATER FERN, 



" The htriindo manna, or lt:a-fwaIloiv, 

 is a neat whi c and fork-tailed bird, but 

 much large: t>-ian a fwaliow." 



The foUos^ing birds I am not able 'to 

 afcertain, and fhall be very glad if any of 

 your Corrtfpondents can inform me what 

 they are. 



«' The May Chitt, a fmall dajfcgrejr 

 bird, a little bigger than a ftint. It comf» 

 in great plenty into marQi-lands in May, 

 and Itays about a month, leldom remaining 

 beyond fix weeks. It is tatter tli.in almoft 

 any other biid of its izc, and is accounted 

 10 be excellent eating. 



" Another fmall bird, fomewhat bigger 

 than a ftint, called a churre, which is fre- 

 quently taken amongll ihtm. 



" RiNGLESTONts, a fmall white 8nd 

 black bird, like a wagtail, and which 

 feems to be fome kind of moiacilla mari- 

 na. Thefe are common about the fands 

 at Yarmouth. They lay their eggs in the 

 iHiid and fhinfle ; and, as the eryngo dig. 

 gcrs tell me, ihey do not fit on them fl:ii, 

 but upriglit, like eggs in (alt. 



•* We havea great varieiy of FinchB"-, 

 and ether I'mall birds, of which one is veiy 

 fmall, called a whinne.biid. It is markid 

 with fine yellow fpots, and is lefs than a 

 wien — [This cannot be the yellow wren .']. 

 There is alfo a fmall bird called a chip* 

 per, fomewhat refembling the formei^ 

 which comes in thcfpring, and fcedt on 1 lit 



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