334 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Observations by Capt. Wood. 



there is a small web between the two outermost 

 toes. 



It feeds upon small fish, and frequents the sea 

 marshes and salt pools. 



Capt. Wood observes, that in the north-west 

 parts of Greenland there is a sort of fowl which 

 the natives catch with springs and snares, chiefly 

 for the sake of their skin and feathers, which 

 being thick, they dress and make garments- of 

 them, like furs, wearing the feathers outward in 

 the summer time, and inward in the winter. He 

 says two or three of his men killed fifteen hun- 

 dred of them in one day. 



One would from this account imagine, snares 

 would be as unnecessary here as in the bird 

 island in America, mentioned by the Earl of Cum- 

 berland, who says, " there are such incredible 

 numbers of birds found in it, that there needs no 

 artifice to take them ; for a man may catch with 

 his hands alone almost enough to serve a whole 

 fleet." 



THE BLUE GAULDING 



IS from its bill to the end of the tail about 

 eighteen or twenty inches, and from the ex- 

 tension of each wing, about a yard. The part 

 of the bill towards the head is of a bluish 

 colour, and black towards the extremity; it 

 is very sharp, and about two inches and a half 

 long: it has a greenish skin about the eyes, 



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