go March 1749. 



they arc touched they make a noife and 

 moan ; they then fometimes aflame a form, 

 as if they had blown up the hind part of 

 the back, fo that it makes a high eleva- 

 tion ; and then they do not ftir, though 

 touched. When they are put alive into 

 fpirits of wine, they die within a minute. 



March the I2th. THE bird which the 

 Englifh and Swedes in this country call 

 Robin- red-breaft*, is found here all the year 

 round. It is a very different bird from that 

 which in "England bears the fame name. 

 It is Lannceuss Turdus migratorius. It fings 

 very melodioufly, is not very fhy, but hops 

 on the ground, quite clofe to the houles. 



THE Hazels (Corylus avellana) were 

 now opening their bloflbms. They fuc- 

 ceeded beft in a rich mould, and the 

 Swedes reckoned it a fign of a good foil 

 where they found them growing. 



March the i3th. THE alder (Eetula 

 Aims) was juft bloflbming. 



THE Dracontium foetidum grew plenti- 

 fully in the marmes and began to flower. 

 Among the ftinking plants, this is the moft 

 foetid ; its naufeous fcent was fo ftrong, 

 that I could hardly examine the flower; 



and 



1* Of this bird we have given a figure in plate 3, where 

 likewife the Mocking-bird is reprefented ; both drawn after 

 fpecimens lately brought from America^ and which we 

 were favoured with. F. 



