. A general history of birds . g of twelve feathers; quills and legsblack. Inhabits Kamtschatka, chiefly about the rocky and craggyplaces on the sea coasts, where it builds the nest in June; the eggsthe size of those of a Hen, green, and very ill tasted, yet the nativesventure to climb the rocks for them at the hazard of their lives; feedson fish, swallowing them whole : they fly well and swiftly, but risewith difficulty from the ground ; while sitting on the rocks are stupid,and not easily roused, hence the natives catch them easily, by netsthrown over them, or nooses at the ends of long pole
. A general history of birds . g of twelve feathers; quills and legsblack. Inhabits Kamtschatka, chiefly about the rocky and craggyplaces on the sea coasts, where it builds the nest in June; the eggsthe size of those of a Hen, green, and very ill tasted, yet the nativesventure to climb the rocks for them at the hazard of their lives; feedson fish, swallowing them whole : they fly well and swiftly, but risewith difficulty from the ground ; while sitting on the rocks are stupid,and not easily roused, hence the natives catch them easily, by netsthrown over them, or nooses at the ends of long poles, and notunfrequently these silly birds suffer themselves to be taken, one afteranother, to the very last. As food, every one but a Kamtschadalemust abhor it, yet these people think it very tolerable; whether owingto the method of cooking or not, does not seem certain ; their methodis to roast it in holes in the earth, whole, without plucking off thefeathers, or taking out the entrails, and when done enough, they {s/i o ~tf< </ . • A a <i PELICAN. 427 skin, and eat it. It is said to have no tongue; yet it is averred, thatit cries morning and evening, not greatly unlike the blowing of atrumpet. By some this bird is called the Sea Raven. 26—SPOTTED SHAG—Pl. clxxxh. Pelecanus punctatus, Ind. Orn. ii. 889. Gm. Lin. i. 574. Mus. Carls, i. t. 10. naevius, Gm. Lin. i. 575. Crested Shag, Cooks last Voy. i. Shag, Gen. Syn. vi. 602. pl. civ. SIZE of the Shag; length two feet. Bill three inches long,pale bluish lead colour, in some yellow, the tip hooked; round theeyes bare and dusky red ; the chin, throat, and forepart of the necknearly black, also the forehead, neck behind, and beginning ofthe back ; just over the forehead some long feathers, forming apointed crest, and at the hind part a second, not unlike the first,but rather longer, some of the feathers being one inch and half inlength ; just over the eye begins a streak of white, passing dow
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