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for they duck quick under water, and then come up again in a 

 moment. Several fhot may be difcharged to the place where 

 they are expected to appear, but feldom with fuccefs. Thofe 

 that will kill them muft aim at their hinder parts, that the (hot 

 may go in under the feathers.; for they grow fo thick, and are 

 fo very foft, that the fhot is damped, and lofes its force, if 

 they are fhot in the fore-parts *. As far as I yet have found this 

 wonderful Bird feems to be quite unknown in foreign parts ■ for 

 neither Aldrovandus Gefnerus, Wiilughbeius, Zornius, or Klein 

 fay any thing of it : they are likewife unknown to many of our 

 Norvegian writers. 



Jo-FugL, Jo-Tyv, or Jo-Thief, becaufe he robs other Birds, The jo-FugK 

 is called alfo Kive. It is in fhape like a Strand-Maage, tho' of a 

 darker colour * and is an enemy to thofe Birds, tho' not a very 

 dangerous one, as may be concluded ; for he only ftrives in his 

 purfuit after them, to get their prey from them, which he is too 

 lazy to catch for himfelf ; or if he can't get that, he'll take the 

 other Birds dung, from whence the Dutch call him Strunt-Jao-er, 

 As foon as the other drops it, 'tis inftantly catched up by the To- 

 Fuglen, and with that he is fatisfied without any further demand : 

 this I am allured of by many that have obferved it. The Jo- 

 Fuglen appears in Norway early in the Spring, and is not feen 

 after Autumn. Its eggs are like the Maagens, but fomething 

 darker. See Frid. Martens Spitzbergenske Travels, c. ii. p. 63. 



The Irisk is a pretty little finging Bird, very well known : ''tis Kit, 

 found in Oplandet, but not the right genuine fort, as has been 

 obferved by the bell judges. Near Bergen there is a fort of 

 Bird called Knotter, which is different from the Irisk only in the 

 note ; in other refpe&s they are quite alike. 



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The Kiaeld is a Land-Bird, tho' of that fort that Jives always Ki*id. 

 about the fea coaft, and it never goes on the water but to fave 

 itCel£ by ducking a little while under water. It is in fize and 

 fhape much like a Pigeon, with a long narrow red bill, and red 



* Being thus fhot-proof, perhaps is the origin of this Bird's Iceland name, which is 

 Himbryne, as if armed with a heavenly coat of mail : otherwife there is afcribed 

 another origin to the name, tho' not fo juft, when it is faid in Mufeo Wormiano, p. 

 303. Mergus maximus Farrenfis, Ferroenfibus Helbrimer, Iflandis Himbryne, quafi 

 lorica ccelefti induta. Ejus etymologic rationes ita reddidit D. Stephanus Olavius : 

 Hirnin ccelum loricam vero Brynia fignificat, juxta illud poets : Brynia o-efur ey fei- 

 gufior. i. e. Lorica non dat morti vicinis vitam. Ratio nominis a colore, ut exiftimo, 

 petita eft. - - - Voluerunt Iflandi hac nominis impofitione fignificare, aves hafce 

 pulcherrima colorum varietate & diftindtione, ufque adeo ornatas efTe, ut dici poffint 

 cceleftem quandam loricam induifTe. 



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