144 BIRDS. 



to the curious prejudice which was and is entertained by 

 many races against the flesh of this animal. It was never 

 eaten by the ancient Britons, and is avoided by the Lapps at 

 the present day. Among the Hottentots it was eaten by the 

 women, but was forbidden to men.* It was regarded as un- 

 clean by the Jews, being erroneously supposed to chew the 

 cud. According to Crantz, the Greenlanders, if in want, will 

 eat foxes rather than hares, f Finally, its remains do not 

 occur in the Danish shell-mounds. 



The birds which have been discovered are : 



Aquila fulva. The golden eagle. At Eobenhausen. 



Aquila haliaetus. A single bone found at Moosseedorf 

 is rather doubtfully referred to this species by 

 M. Eiitimeyer. 



Falco milvus. Eobenhausen. 



Falco palumbarius. Wauwyl, Moosseedorf. 



Falco nisus. Moosseedorf. 



Strix aluco. Concise. 



Sturnus vulgaris. Eobenhausen. 



Corvus corona. 



Cinclus aquaticus. 



Columbus palumbus Moosseedorf. 



Tetrao bonasia. 



Ciconia alba. Not unfrequent at Moosseedorf and Eobenh, 



Ardea cinerea. Eobenhausen. 



Fulica atra. 



Larus. Sp. in 



Cygnus olor 



Anser segetum. 



Anas boschas. Eobenhausen, Moosseedorf, Wauwyl. 



Anas querquedula. 



Podiceps minor. 



* Kolben's Cape of Good Hope, vol. i. p. 205. 

 f History of Greenland, p. 73. 



