284 H O a F O E, 



Plage. 



white crefcent * acrofs the middle : legs, black. Length twelve 

 inches. 



Inhabits Europe, as far as Sweden, where it is called Harfugl, or 

 Soldier-bird, not only on account of its plumed head, but becaufe 

 the common people believe its appearance to be an omen of war.. ' 

 The Norwegians ftyle it Mrfugly it is therefore likely that it may 

 fometimes vifit their country. It is properly a fouthern bird, and ex- 

 tends even to Egyp and hidia. Is common in the fouthern deferts of 

 Ruffia and Tartary ; grows fcarcer beyond the Ob ; yet fome are feen 

 beyond lake Baikal. Dr. Pallas confirms to me its filthy m..anners f,.. 

 He afTures, that it breeds, in preference, in putrid, carcales ; and 

 that he had feen the neft of one in the privy of an uninhabited houfe^, 

 in the fuburbs of Tzaritfyn. Lays from two to feven cinereous eggs.. 

 Ufually has no neft of its own. Breeds fometimes in hollow trees,, 

 holes in walls, or on the ground. Migratory. 



• Correifl the defcription of this part in the Britijh Zoology^, 

 t See Br. Zool. i. 258.— Is rarely feen 'vnBrhaia^ 



XIV. CREEPER.. 



