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OF BIRDS; 
In the winter 1778, they came in fuch multitudes 
to one of the Orkney iflands, as almoft to cover 
it, yet fcarcely any two agreed cxa&ly in colour: 
they make the Feroc iflands, Shetland, and the Ork- 
nies their refling places; they abound in thehigh- 
landsin Scotland ; theirflocksarefogreat,and they 
flyfo clofe together, that the fowlers deftroy great 
numbers. When they firft arrive, they are very 
lean, but foon become fat, and are a delicious food. 
In Scotland they are called Snow Flakes, and a few 
breed like the Ptarmigans on the higheft hills. In 
their fummer feathers, they are often feen in the 
fouth of England; now and then a milk white one 
is found. In Ruffia and Sweden, the flocks are 
immenfe ; they frequent villages, fome are white, 
fome fpeckled, fome brown, and even their win¬ 
ter drefs feems as various, as their fummer plu¬ 
mage ; they are found alfo in Germany, where 
they are caught, and fed with millet, and are as 
delicious food as the Ortolan. 
In the fpring they are feen in vaft flocks in 
Isorway, and flay about three weeks: they 
then return to the dreary northern regions, in 
order to breed in fecurity. They arrive in Green¬ 
land about April, build their nefls in the clefts of 
rock% in the mountains, in May; the outfide is 
grafl, it is lined with feathers, and the fur of the 
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