. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE ; ; F I G - E A T E R S. ''â Les Figuiers, Buffi ''I^HESE birds are of a genus approaching to X that of the fig-peckers, and refemble thcfc in their principal charadlers. Their bill is ftraight, flender, and very acute, with two fmall fcallops near the extremity of the upper man- dible ; a property which they have in common with the tanagres, in which however the bill is much thicker and fhorter. The noftrils of the lig-eaters are uncovered, which diftinguifhes th
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE ; ; F I G - E A T E R S. ''â Les Figuiers, Buffi ''I^HESE birds are of a genus approaching to X that of the fig-peckers, and refemble thcfc in their principal charadlers. Their bill is ftraight, flender, and very acute, with two fmall fcallops near the extremity of the upper man- dible ; a property which they have in common with the tanagres, in which however the bill is much thicker and fhorter. The noftrils of the lig-eaters are uncovered, which diftinguifhes them from the titmice : the angle of their hind nail is arched, which feparates them from the larks; and therefore they muft be ranged by themfelves. We are acquainted with five fpecies of fig- eaters in the hot countries of the old continent, and twenty-nine in thofe of America: thefe differ from the former in the fhape of the tail, which is regularly tapered in the fpecies that inhabit the old continent, but notched at the end in the natives of America, and almoft fork- ed, the two middle quills being fliorter than the others; '""i'lti mi U xr'. ⢠^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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