An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to Spitibergcn. 89 bave feen them fincc in the SpaniP, Sea, and o ín the North Sea, but yet they differ from eíc; anJ fo do the Beafts of all Countries. Tab. 1\~ it is marked wich a. v. Of the BurgermeHler. Tht B11rgcrmei{ler ( in EnglHh Major) is thc ~elt of all the Birds of Spitzhergen, wherefore 'Name is given him as being the Chief of cm. His Bill is crooked, of a yellow colour, rrow and rhick ; bis Under-bill is fomewhat mg or knobby at thc point or end , a great ,¡ mor~rhan the K.J,tge-gchefs, whkh looketh y prctty, as if he hada Cherry in bis Mouth; huh longHb Nofirils, and a red R.ing about Eycs, as I mentioned when I fpoke of the tge-gchcf ; he hath but three Claws, of a y colonr, his Legs are grey, and not qui re long as thofe of a Stork, yer he is almofi ually big wirh him. His Tail is bro:id, like a Fan, and white .. ich is chieíly to be underítood of thefe rds when they fly ; bis Wings are of a pale lour, a.'1c.l fo i!i ali the Back, but rhe Wings whi te a~ the rip, and fo is the whole Bod y. builds his Neíls very high in the Cfifts of Rocks, where you can neithcr flioot nor ch them any othcr way ; which was the fon I could not fee their Nefis. I have feen etimes two, three and four of thcir young es together ; we fuoot mofi of them wheo e draw a dead Whale behind our Ship, where they