. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. DUCK. 115 <f <( Lapland *: they advance as far north even as Spitzbergen -f* and Greenland J. " In Lap- ** land,'* fays M. HcEgftroem, *' thefe birds feem ** difpofed, if not to drive avv^ay the men, at lead ** to fill up their place: for as foon as the Lap- ** landers go in the fpring to the mountains, the ** flocks of wild Ducks fly to the wefl:ern fee.; ** and when the Laplanders defcend again in au- tumn to inhabit the plain, thefe birds have already re
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. DUCK. 115 <f <( Lapland *: they advance as far north even as Spitzbergen -f* and Greenland J. " In Lap- ** land,'* fays M. HcEgftroem, *' thefe birds feem ** difpofed, if not to drive avv^ay the men, at lead ** to fill up their place: for as foon as the Lap- ** landers go in the fpring to the mountains, the ** flocks of wild Ducks fly to the wefl:ern fee.; ** and when the Laplanders defcend again in au- tumn to inhabit the plain, thefe birds have already ; Many other travellers give the fame account §: "I do not believe," fays Regnard, " that there is a country in the world ** more abounding with Ducks, teals, and other ** water fowls, than Lapland. The rivers are ** all covered with them; . . and in the month '* of May their neflis are in fuch plenty, that the " defert feems filled with ; Yet fome pairs of thefe birds, which circumfl:ances have ⢠I believe that there is no country in the world which abounds more with Ducks, fwans, divers, teals, &c. than Lapland. Regnard. f In the fouth haven of Spitzbergen, there are many little iflands, which have no other names than the birds ijlands, becaufc the eggs of Ducks and kirmews are gathered on them. ties Voy. torn. i. t, 270. X When the winter, fetting in earlier than ufual, furprizes them in thefe inhofpitable ihores, great numbers peri(h. In the winter of 1751. the iflands round theDanifh mifllon at Greenland were {o covered with wild Ducks, that they were taken by the hand, hav- ing been driven to the coaft. Crantx, § In the northern lakes, the Ducks are fo numerous as to feem to cover almoft the whole water; they are feklom dilturbed by the fowler, as the fport is much more abundant in the wood than on the water. Qlaus Magnut. , I 2 prevented :m^"i 1; ⢠â¢'' :!' i^ '^ 'j:' ' :»â m I I :. h ' '
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