An account of several late voyages and discoveries
to Spirzbergen. 77 they :ire very like one another in Shape and ur; rhis Bill both above and below is four- e, of a brownHh colom, and about two long. The Head is roundifh, and of me thicknef s with the Neck. heir Feet are made of three dividcd Claws re, and one behind which is very fhort, Legs are not very long. Jt is of the co– of a Lark; but when thc Stm fhines upan t fhews blewiíll, very likc rhofe two Colours rved on émr Oucks Necks when the Sun s u pon them. They f eed upon the littlc Worms and Shrimps. efuot fome of them in the South Harbour, thc Cookery of Harlem, they had not the of Filh at aH. St'e Tab. K. at "· II. Of the Sno"t»-bird. he S1101ri~bird is no bigger than a Sparrow, 'Jike a Linnet in bis Shape, Bill and Colour. ht> Bill is lhort and pointcd, its Head of ami? rhkknefs with its Neck. The Legs are liketbe Linnets, their Feet are divided into foreClaws, with longilh crooked Nails, hi1ider Claw is fomewhat fhorter, but hath n~ b::ndd Spur, or NaH. The Legs ~r~ ilh, and not very long. rom th eir Head over ali their BeJly to the they are white IikeSnow, but ali over their sanJ Wings they are gray. Some of them ray all over, but thefe are littk oncs. 1 can
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