. Early annals of ornithology. Birds; Birds. Chapter XIV. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 1753. Erich Pontoppidan (Bishop or Bergen). Bishop Pontoppidan, a Danish prelate, born in 1698, claims a distinguished position as the author of a Natural History of Norway, best known in England by the translation. " THE ; published in 1755. In this fine old work, twenty-two folio pages are devoted to a really very good description of the birds of Norway, with figures which are easily recognisable of twelve of them.* There is a rather full account of the Gannet, " The Hav-Sule \, Sea-Sule,
. Early annals of ornithology. Birds; Birds. Chapter XIV. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 1753. Erich Pontoppidan (Bishop or Bergen). Bishop Pontoppidan, a Danish prelate, born in 1698, claims a distinguished position as the author of a Natural History of Norway, best known in England by the translation. " THE ; published in 1755. In this fine old work, twenty-two folio pages are devoted to a really very good description of the birds of Norway, with figures which are easily recognisable of twelve of them.* There is a rather full account of the Gannet, " The Hav-Sule \, Sea-Sule, or Solan] a large sea-bird, which somewhat resembles a Goose," accompanied by a somewhat imaginative figure, with a comb on its head, which cannot be due to a defect in the block, as it is stated in the text to be red. * "The Natural History of Norway, in Two Parts, translated from the Danish Original," Vol. II,. chap. iii. and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gurney, John Henry, 1848-. London, H. F. & G. Witherby
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