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legs : his upper part is black, and he is white under the belly and 

 wings. The male and female take their 'turns to hatch their 

 young, which is done in 14 days, on the bare cliff; the eggs are 

 ftreaked ; they live on fhell-nfh and fea-weeds ; they come in 

 the Spring, and are not feen after Michaelmas-day. The farmers 

 fay they fly over to Scotland. 



Kiod-Meife. The Kiod-Meife, or Mufvit, the Black-cap, called by fome 

 Tallow-Ox, is one of the fmalleft Land-Birds ; 'tis almoffc like 

 the Wren ; the body is black and yellow, and 'tis white under 

 the belly, with a black cap on his head. They keep to the houfes, 

 but are hated and perfecuted ; for, according to his name, he is 

 fuch a lover of meat, that he watches every opening or hole to 

 get into the farmer's pantry, and falls upon the meat, and 

 will eat his way into it like a moufe : even when the meat 

 hangs up to be fmoaked, they can hardly preferve it from 

 thefe Birds; they are catched like mice, in a trap. 



Krage. The Krage, Kraako, a well-known black and grey Bird of 



prey : it lives upon carrion, and fuch other foul food. It is faid 

 to warn other Birds of their purfuers; for it fmells gunpowder 

 at a diftance, and follows the bird-fhooters with its fhrieks, 

 and often fruft rates their hopes. The fox is their moft dangerous 

 enemy, for he fleals upon them when they are afleep on the 

 ground. 



On the fea coaft thefe Kragers live upon fmall fifh and worms, 

 common along the fhore, and particularly on mufcles ; but they; 

 can't open the fhells, otherwife than by flying high with them, 

 and dropping them on a rock to break them in pieces. 

 The Krams-fugl. See Droffel. 



Krykkie. The Krykkie, is a Sea-bird, much like a Maage, with a yellow 



crooked bill, and fmall red feet ; under the belly it is white, and 

 above it is grey, with a brown ftreak along the back : it comes 

 with the Summer, and takes its leave in Autumn* 



The Langivie, Lomgivie, or Lomvifie ; for the name of thefe 

 and other Birds differ greatly, according to places, and their dia- 

 led. Thefe, which are of the Goofe kind, have black running 

 a-crofs the back and wings, but they are white under the belly : 

 they are called otherwife, by way of excellence, Stor-fuglen, be- 

 caufe they are amongft the largeft of the kind of the Sea-birds, 

 and fly high, to lay their eggs on thofe rocks by the fide of the 

 ocean in Nordland, particularly at Trsenen and Vseroe, where 

 they afford a comfortable maintenance to the inhabitants, though 

 got with a great deal of trouble and danger, by climbing thofe 

 fteep precipices after them, Willughbeius fays, L. iii. p. 2.44, 



that 



Langivie 



