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birds, tho' not a very dangerous one, as may be concluded ; 

 for he only strives, in his pursuit after them, to get their 

 prey from them, which he is too lazy to catch for himself; 

 or, if he can't get that, he'll take the other birds' droppings, 

 from whence the Dutch call him Strunt-Jager. As soon 

 as the other drops it, 'tis instantly catched up by the Jo-Tyv, 

 and with that he is satisfied without any farther demand." 



This bird bred sparingly amongst the islands off the adja- 

 cent coast ; and always in single pairs. The female lays from 

 one to two eggs of an olive-green colour, marked, especially 

 towards the thicker end, with brown spots. 



Danish naturalists, in addition to the three skuas named, 

 claim another as belonging to their fauna namely, the 

 Arctic, or Buffon's Skua (L. crepidata, Brehm. ; L. Buf- 

 fonii, Boie), the most beautiful of the family, which in a 

 few instances has been killed, they say, in Denmark. 



The Northern Fulmar (Storm-Fogel, or Storm-Bird, Sw. ; 

 Procellaria ylacialis, Linn.). This bird, according to 

 Nilsson, is only seen during the winter on the Scandinavian 

 coasts, and chiefly on those of northern Norway. At that 

 season, M. Malm says, it is common on the shores of the Icy 

 Sea. In one or two instances, Kjaerbolling tells us, it has 

 been observed, after storms, on the coast of Denmark. 



The Manx Shearwater (Skrapa, Sw. ; P. Anglorum, 

 Temm.). This oceanic bird, though included in the Scandi- 

 navian fauna, would seem to have little right to a place 

 there ; for Nilsson says, "it is only known to those Nor- 

 wegian fishermen, who seek the distant fishing-banks ; and 

 it is not ascertained as yet that it breeds on any part of the 

 Scandinavian coast." It is also questionable whether it can 

 be claimed by the Danish fauna. 



