brandts

These islands are furnished with a number of ponds, and at certain seasons abound with swans, geese, brandts, cranes, gulls, plover, and other wild-fowl.

Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836

These islands are furnished with a number of ponds, and at certain seasons abound with swans, geese, brandts, cranes, gulls, plover, and other wild-fowl.

Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Washington Irving 1821

Tackanuck, where in the spring their young cattle are driven to feed; it has a few oak bushes and two fresh-water ponds, abounding with teals, brandts, and many other sea fowls, brought to this island by the proximity of their sand banks and shallows; where thousands are seen feeding at low water.

Letters from an American Farmer J. Hector St. John de Cr��vecoeur 1774