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the more southern countries in amazing mul- 
at the setting in of winter in the frigid zone, 
winter of 1778-9, they came in such multitudes 
111 "* -l^'i’sa, one of the Orkney islands, as to cover the 
'’•e barony; yet of all the numbers, hardly two agreed 
Colours. 
Lapland, and perhaps Iceland, furnishes the north 
(In . *'>tain with the swarms that frequent these parts 
SS),**'? winter, as low as the Cheviot hilts, in lot. 52° 
Their resting places, the Feroe isles, Schetland, 
^he Orkneys. The Highlands of Scotland, in par- 
"•■> abound with them. Their flights are immense, 
they mingle so closely together in form of a ball, 
jr^the fowlers make great havoc among them. They 
lean, soon become very fat, and are delicious 
They either arrive in the Highlands very early, 
few breed there, for I had one shot for me at 
ij/j-fcauld, the 4th of August. But there is a certainty 
eir migration ; for multitudes of them fall, wearied 
if ' fLeir passage, on the vessels that are sailing 
i^job the Fentland Firth.# 
*9 their summer dress, they are sometimes seen in 
ofEugland,f the climate not having severity 
ii(j|l5*eut to afl'ect the coloui's ; yet now and then a 
^-,.1 i"'Lite one appears, which is usually mistaken for 
^l;>telm-k. 
Russia and Siberia receive them in their severe 
t|l annually, in amazing flocks, overflowing almost 
%ssia. They frequent the villages, and yield a 
Vi ^Wxurious repast. They vary there infinitely in 
"'iuter colours, arc pure white, speckled, ai\d even 
brown. J This seems to be the influence of 
''V of age more than of season. Germany has 
V share of them. In Austria, they are caught and 
millet, and aflford the epicure a treat equal to 
®f the ortolan.” 5 
* Bisnoi* § Pocock’s Journal, MS. 
f Morton’s Northamp. p. 427. 
t Bell’s Travds, i, 198. 
§ Kramer, Anim. Austr. 31'2, 
