. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ffi 3C4 THE RUFOUS-HEADED FIG-EATER. edged with white on the infide : the quills of the tail are hlack, and edged with iron gray: the lateral ones have white fpots on their in- fide : the bill and legs are black. [A] [A] Specific charaftcr of the Motacilla Varia: "It ig fpottcd with black and white \ has two white Itripcs on the wings ; its tail ; THE *'!(' RUFOUS-HEADED FIG-EATER. Le Figuier a Tete Rousse, Buff. TWENTIETH SPECIES^ : <' t|:i- Motac
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ffi 3C4 THE RUFOUS-HEADED FIG-EATER. edged with white on the infide : the quills of the tail are hlack, and edged with iron gray: the lateral ones have white fpots on their in- fide : the bill and legs are black. [A] [A] Specific charaftcr of the Motacilla Varia: "It ig fpottcd with black and white \ has two white Itripcs on the wings ; its tail ; THE *'!(' RUFOUS-HEADED FIG-EATER. Le Figuier a Tete Rousse, Buff. TWENTIETH SPECIES^ : <' t|:i- Motacilla Ruficapilla, Gntcl. Sylvia Ruficapilla, Lath. '' '' ^ ' ' Ficediila Martinicana, iJr^ .'.t-- The Bloody-fide Warbler, Lath. ', THIS bird was fent from Martinico to M. Aubry, re£tor of Saint Louis. The head is rufous; the upper part of the neck, and a!l the upper fide of the body, olive green; the throat and breaft yellow, variegated with longi- tudinal rufous fpots ; the reft of the under fide , . " 2 of , J ^ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. London : Printed for A. Strachan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
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