. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . occurred in Scotland. It winters in Africa, and in summerbreeds in most of the countries of Europe, where its arrivalin spring is looked upon with great pleasure by the inhabit-ants. It migrates by day, and at a great height. Seebohmsays that its flight differs somewhat from that of the Heron,the neck being stretched out instead of being folded up untilthe head comes between the shoulders ; and that, though thelegs ar
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . occurred in Scotland. It winters in Africa, and in summerbreeds in most of the countries of Europe, where its arrivalin spring is looked upon with great pleasure by the inhabit-ants. It migrates by day, and at a great height. Seebohmsays that its flight differs somewhat from that of the Heron,the neck being stretched out instead of being folded up untilthe head comes between the shoulders ; and that, though thelegs are stretched out behind, and the neck and bill extendedin front, they are not in a straight line as in that bird, butboth legs and neck are slightly drooped, so as to form adistinct curve. The Stork feeds chiefly on frogs and fish, but lizards,snakes, small animals, young birds, and insects, are all THE WHITE STORK. 65 devoured by it. Its supposed antipathy to snakes is thusreferred to by an ancient Scottish poet:— The Cygonie that foul so whyteQuhilk at the serpents hes despyteCome graiien to the 1 Burels Pdg., Watsons Coll., ii. 27.—From Jamiesons Scot. hi n^ nf VOL. II. ANSERES. ( 66 ) ANATIDM. THE BEAN GOOSE. WILD GOOSE, SMALL GREY GOOSE, NARROW-BILLED GREY GOOSE. Anser PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. WILD GOOSE, SHORT-BILLED GREY GOOSE. Anser man (Boo^e. And Wyld Geis eik claking by nychtis tyde,Attour the ciete fieand hard I glyde. Gawin Douglas, A Description of Wynter. A straw for your wanderi?!g spirits, said Adam Woodcock, / mind them nomore than an Erne cares for a string of Wild Geese. Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot. Immense flocks of Wild Geese frequent Berwickshire duringthe autumn and spring months, consisting of the BeanGoose, with its Pink-footed congener; ^ and as the relativenumber of the two kinds is a matter of conjecture, owingto the similarity of their plumage—whilst their habits are 1 Seebohm says: The Piuk-footeil Go
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