i 7 4 DE AVIBVS ERRATlClS 



ftefj on molbtoten Dertcrn, on ben ^litjfen unbtSeen, n>eil o&er ottf t>eu 

 ©e&urcjett nod) 9?orbett feine 5BoIber, fonberu nttr fleine «Seett, fbttnen 

 bofel6ft ottd) fetne SSocjel |nf en , ou^enotnntett oie <5d)necl)Uncr, bte 

 mon fcigroeilen in grofser SJftenge ollentfjolbeu ontrifft; S.Rbeen; utmmin 

 Pruffia verno& autumali temporibus fimiliter colores mutent Lagop pro- 

 prie dicti, pro certo affirmare non aufim. 



§. XIV. 

 Perdicum in Lspponia nulla mentio facla, quod ibidem nullae fimt. 

 Delectatur agricultura hxc avis, cujus Lappones ignari plane. Illarum 

 vices fiibeunt Lagopi nivales. Retulit quidem Munckius ex portu nomi- 

 nis fui, in quo hyberna fua pofuerat, inter alias aves, quas quidem non 

 nominat, Perdices multas necafTe, Uck fKepfjttncr getOPtet &U fjoben (25C= 



rid)t tton ©r&nl* p. 65. (& p. 66. ibid. Um& oen Sftop fofjen jte milbe 

 @dnfc, ©djwanen, dnoten, unb unjefjlia. »iel ©et>&cjel mit £ttpffen 

 ober ipou&en, <5d)Wal&eny)3tepf)uner unb <5d)nepffen, SKaben, $a(< 

 cfen, unbSIMer z). smiiliter & Vriesm notis, % & $1, ©ronlanb 



p. 8^5 Hotzonum in freto fuo, nunc fretum Chriftianum didto, prxter 

 reliquas aves Perdices 9^atrt)ft*U fupra millenarium numerum naclum 

 efle, quarum appropinquante vere ne unicam quidem amplius videritj 

 fed ex ipfis relationibus quilibet intelliget, non fuiffe aves, quas proprie 

 Perdices nominamus, verumLagopos, qui hyeme in Lapponia & Grcen- 

 landia nidulantur; Egede defcript. of Greenl. p. 64. 



y) Non Hirundines, fed Laros caudis furcatis, ftttf gc&tVftf&eit^ChtPatt&m, quos naufae 

 fimpliciter Hirundines vocant. 



z) Vide Egede all. 1. There are very large Eagles, their wings fpreat out being a fathoin 

 wide - you fitid here Falcons or Hawks, fome grey, fome of a whitifch plutnage, 

 and fcme fpekled; as alfo great fpeckled Owls (ejusmodi Ululas niveas niaculis 

 fufcis duas modo habemus vivas ). There are different forts littie Sparrows, Snow- 

 Birds, and Icebirds, and a little Bird not onlike a Linnet, which hat a very me- 

 lodius Tune. 



§. XV. - 



Sufficiant pro hac vice aves, quas in America & in Iocis mere fep- 

 tentrionalibus obfervavimus ; harum multae in Sibbaldi Scotia illuftrata 

 apparent, quem librum curioiiis Lector in fupplementum evolvat. 

 Jam vero per Finlandiam & Livoniam in Pruffiam domum reverfis aves 

 aoiirates vel erraticas vel migratorias venari animus efi 



§. XVI. 



