. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ,a>- THE "WHEAT-BAR JLe Traquet, Buf. Motacilla-Rubicola, Linn. Gmel. Kram. Sylvia-Rubicola, Lath. hid. ⢠Rubetra, Aldrov. Johnjl. ^ Brijl Sylvia Lutea, capite nigro, Kle'iti. (Enanthe tenia, Ray^ IVilU ^ Sibb. The Stone-fmich, S one-chaiter, or Moor-titling, Will. Pmn. Alb.'' â ^HIS fprightly, active bird is never at reft. Fluttering from bufli to bufli, it alights Dnly for a few feconds; and its wings are ftill rpread, and ready to waft it to fome other fpo
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ,a>- THE "WHEAT-BAR JLe Traquet, Buf. Motacilla-Rubicola, Linn. Gmel. Kram. Sylvia-Rubicola, Lath. hid. ⢠Rubetra, Aldrov. Johnjl. ^ Brijl Sylvia Lutea, capite nigro, Kle'iti. (Enanthe tenia, Ray^ IVilU ^ Sibb. The Stone-fmich, S one-chaiter, or Moor-titling, Will. Pmn. Alb.'' â ^HIS fprightly, active bird is never at reft. Fluttering from bufli to bufli, it alights Dnly for a few feconds; and its wings are ftill rpread, and ready to waft it to fome other fpot, Itrifes in the air by fmall fprings, and faliy back, whirling round. This continual motion has [)eeii compared to that of a mill-cIack [traquet fun mculin); and hence, according to Belon t, [he origin of its name. * In Greelc, Ba7{j: in Italian, BiU-euh^ Occhio di Bue lox-eye): in German, Stein-fchnifizcr. [Linnveus very ab- lurdly gives the llone-cliat the name Rubicola; which, luting a flight variation in the orthography, is abiblutely yt lame with Ruheculay which was appropriated to the pbin. T.] t iVifl/, des Oifeaux, p. 360. Though 'far i m i 1. 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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