Travels through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the years 1798 and 1799 . ; faapagt i,.1, /&///,. % //?////vs. CONCERNING LAPLAND. 229 fet in very fevcre, and it ferves to the peafant as a fign, that the cold will be intenfe, and the fnow abundant. This happened in the year 1/Q6, according to Dr. Eklunds* obfervation, who had the goodnefs to procure me a fpecimen of this bird, which was hitherto quite unknown. At firft fight it feems to refem- ble the common pie, but it is lefs by one-fourth part, and dif- fers from it in its manners and habits. The tail tapers to a po
Travels through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the years 1798 and 1799 . ; faapagt i,.1, /&///,. % //?////vs. CONCERNING LAPLAND. 229 fet in very fevcre, and it ferves to the peafant as a fign, that the cold will be intenfe, and the fnow abundant. This happened in the year 1/Q6, according to Dr. Eklunds* obfervation, who had the goodnefs to procure me a fpecimen of this bird, which was hitherto quite unknown. At firft fight it feems to refem- ble the common pie, but it is lefs by one-fourth part, and dif- fers from it in its manners and habits. The tail tapers to a point, the feathers being of unequal length : the feathers of the belly, the upper part and points of the wings, are white ; the neck, breaft, the fore part of the wrings, the thighs, and the tail, of an afh-colour, with this difference, however, that the tail is more li^ht above : the beak and the le°;s are black. There is a peculiar kind of fowl commonly found in the woodsthroughout Finmark and all Norway, which feems to be a varietyof the buftard or dotterel. To the male the Norwegians givethe name of todder, whi
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