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234 GENERAL REMARKS
Procellaria Glacialis.
Pelecanus Carbo, and Pelecanus Baffanus, are found in the gulf of
Bothnia.
The Colymbi, Lari, and Sterna, are not exactly indigenous in
Lapland.
Larus Glaucus; \ives in the Frozen Ocean.
Platalea Leucorodia; feldom found in Lapland.
Ardea Nigra, and Ardea Alba, are faid to be found in Lapland,
but are not indigenous.
Scolopax Phaopus.
Scolopax Glottis, the great dark-coloured woodcock, with a very
long beak, the lower half of which is red. It is alfo feen
in other places, but rarely.
Scolopax Fufca.
Scolopax Lapponica.
Tringa Lobata.
Tringa Alpina. This fpecies was alfo feen in Scania in the year
1780;
Tringa Pugnax, the ruff and reeve.
Charadrius Morinellus, Charadrius Apricarius, and Charadrius Plu-
vialis. Thefe, as other birds of paffage, which feed upon
flies and infedts, vifit different parts of the world in {pring
and autumn, according to the different climates and the
food they require.
Tetrao Lagopus. In winter it is quite white; in fummer it re-
fembles the female of the groufe, except in the tail fea-
thers, which are always black.
Tetrao
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