S8 NATURAL HISTORY of NORWAY, 



exigua ex putrida materia generata, excrefcere in animalia tarn 

 grandia ac perfefta, qualia fiint Britannicas aves, de quibus 

 agitur. 



^ Ajo II. Aves Britannicas oriri ex ovis per incubatum, more 

 aliorum anferum. Probatur teftimonio Alberti Magni, Gerhardi 

 a Vera, & Batavorum, qui id oculis fuis viderunt, itemque au&o- 

 ritate aliorum aufitorum prsecedenti §. 12. & 13. citatorum, qui 

 idem afferunt. Quibus accedit Ferdinandus a Corduba in DidaH 

 cal. cap. 7. ubi ait : Multa talia pro veris vendi, vel illud argu- 

 mento effe, quod licet plurimi fcribant, aves Berneftas nomine in 

 Hebridibus infulis & Hybernia ex fru£ribus aut foliis arborum in 

 mare deciduis generari, nihilominus id figmentum efle ; cum Hol- 

 land! 1569, fcripto teftati lint, fe circa novam Zemblam in has 

 aviculas, ova fua foventes, incidiffe. 



Ajo III. Perfuafionem vulgi & Auclorum contrariae fententise, 

 inde ortam, quod annis fingulis innumerabilem pene multitudi- 

 nem ejufmodi avium circa Britannicas infulas deprehenderint, nee 

 tamen fciverint ubi orirentur, aut unde venirent ; putaverintque 

 proinde, animalcula ilia alata conchulis aut materiis putrefcen- 

 tibus ihclufa, excrefcere in anferes, ut optime notavit Cluflus & 

 Deufingius. 



SECT. V. 



BergUgie. The Berg Ugle, or the Ugle, with the Bafiar, Boefber, a 

 frnall Sea-bird, of the fame kind, and not larger than a Thrum, 

 but otherwife looking like the Alk, or Razor-bill, in colour, 

 legs, and bill, are common alfb here. They live upon fmall 

 herrings, and are never feen but in the midft of Winter, and a 

 few in the Spring, if there comes a ftorm of wefterly wind ; and 

 therefore its native place and manner of breeding is unknown 

 to me. 



Bogfincke. ; The Bogfincke, or Brambling, a well-known fmall Land Bird, 

 is very pretty, of a dark colour, variegated with red, white, and 

 grey fpots ; the bill is fliort and thick ; they are here but fcarce to 

 be feen, of the Fincker, or Finch kind in general. Jacob Klein 

 reckons, in his lately publifhed Hiftor. Avium, p. 96, feventeen 

 forts, which differ in colour, and other refpe&s. 

 Brokfugl. See Heilo, 



The Bruufhane, or Ruffe, is fomething lefs than a Pigeon ; it 

 takes its name from loving always to buz, and with his bill he 

 fights with his own kind, and then raifes his long feathers round 

 his neck, that they ftand like a ruff. The female of this kind is 



called the Reeve. 



Dom- 



SruuiTiane. 



