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226 GENERAL REMARKS
with a brilliant plumage, at the fame time that it enchants the
ear by the variety of its notes, which it difplays with fingular art,.
changing and modifying them in a manner quite peculiar to itfelf.
The fea and land birds, which are common in Norway, are all
to be found in Finmark, and in great variety. Of thefe, fome are
ftationary and remain all the year, whilft others, fuppofed to be
migratory, are feen only at particular feafons. Of the firft fort are
thofe of the eagle and falcon kind, owls, ravens, daws, partridges,
the eider duck, fea-crow, and feveral {pecies of water fowl. Among
thofe which appear in fummer, and are not feen after autumn,
are the wild goofe, a fowl called in the Norway tongue druus-
koppen, from a prominent piece of flefh on its head, water-hens,
f{nipes, woodcocks, and a great number of {mall birds.
Some of the falcons are intirely white ; thefe, however, are but
rarely feen ; the feathers of their wings and backs are commonly
of a grayifh colour, white under the breaft, with yellow beaks and
legs. This tribe is very numerous; they breed amongft inaccef-
fible rocks, and if taken young are readily trained for the diverfion
of hawking: accordingly, the hawks bred here are in great requeft,
and much fought after from Germany and other parts.
White owls have been found in the woods of Finmark: this
bird is larger than the common fpecies of owls, which have white
wairgs {fpotted, with black winking eyes, a fmall head, broad beak,
the feet covered with down. Thefe owls have their nefts in pre-
cipices of the mountains.
As Iam fpeaking of the genus ow] (/rix), I think I fhall gra-
tify
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