ig6 «THE NATURAL HISTORY 
in the winter they burrow under the fnow, 
and lie there together in great numbers to keep 
themfelves warm; they have very large walks 
beneath, and their nails, or claws, are long, 
broad, and hollow; this enables them to form the 
lodges, and the walks there. Every morning 
they fly ftrait upwards, to fhake the {now from 
their feet and wings, ‘They feed in the morning 
and in the evening, and in the middle of the day 
they bafk in the fun. : 
— Inthe beginning of October they get together 
in focks of two hundred among the willows, and 
feed upon their tops. In fummer they live on 
berries, and frequent rocks, perching upon grey 
flanes. | 
They are naturally not very wild, Spied bicep 
may be driven like poultry, and when frightened 
fo as to rife from the ground, they make only a _ 
fhort circuit like pigeons. They keep together 
in fmall flocks, and fhelter themfeives not among 
the heath, but among ftones. 
‘The fowlers, by imitating the cry of a awk 
righten them fo that they inftantly ftand ftill. 
If the female be killed, the male fhews fuch 
fondnefs for her, than he can f{earcely be driven 
from her-body. 
_ They are taken in nets at Hudfon’s Bay. 
; The 

