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thology, it is to be regretted that I cannot give any infor- 

 mation respecting a very remarkable bird spoken of by 

 Pontoppidan, as well as Parson Odman. The latter says : 

 " There is, in Norway, a peculiar kind of fowl, called, from 

 the singular manner of its birth, the Stock-And, or log- 

 duck, which grows on trees in the following way: The 

 old bird deposits her seed on a log of wood immersed in the 

 water, whence grows a shell in the form of an egg; and 

 from the effects of the sun's warmth, the ducklings are in 

 process of time produced." 



The worthy divine tells us further : " The Turkish duck, 

 which has recently been introduced into our part of the 

 country, has a nice appearance, being black and white like a 

 black-cock, and smells purely of balsam under the wings, 

 from whence the Turkish balsam is obtained." 



