Amongst these are the red gees, which were shewn unto me as they were flying. They are geese with long legs, that fly in flocks; there is many of them in Russia, Norway, and Jutland.

Then I saw another bird flying singly with broad feet, a very handsom bird, called John of Ghent; it is as big as a stork and of the same shape, with white and black feathers; he hovers in the air, and moveth his wings but very little; when he cometh to the ice he turns back again. It is a kind of a hawk, and I have reason to believe that he hath a very sharp sight, for he shoots down from a great height into the water. They say that the brains of this bird are in great esteem, but for what I could never learn.

He is also seen in the Spanish Sea, and every where in the North Sea, but most commonly he is seen where they catch herrings.

I was also informed that a black crow was seen in Spitzbergen; other birds are not seen there, except it may be now and then a single one that strays and so cometh thither, as the crow did. All these birds come at certain times, and abide at this place as long as the sun shines; afterwards, when the cold begins to encrease, and the nights lengthen, every one of them returns to its own place again.