. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. Le Cochevis, ou la Grofle Alouette Huppee, Buff. Alauda Criftata, Linn. Gniel. Brtm. Kram. Wilt, Klein* Brijf. i*f Brown. Lodola Capelluta, Olin. ts' Zinn.* HE creft is, according to Belon, com- pofed of four large feathers ; but Olina ^ fays there are four or fix, and others increafa the number even to twelve i. Naturalifts agree too better with regard to its pofition and ftrue- |ure: fome affertthat it is always eredt J; others ^llege that the bird raifes or deprefl
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. Le Cochevis, ou la Grofle Alouette Huppee, Buff. Alauda Criftata, Linn. Gniel. Brtm. Kram. Wilt, Klein* Brijf. i*f Brown. Lodola Capelluta, Olin. ts' Zinn.* HE creft is, according to Belon, com- pofed of four large feathers ; but Olina ^ fays there are four or fix, and others increafa the number even to twelve i. Naturalifts agree too better with regard to its pofition and ftrue- |ure: fome affertthat it is always eredt J; others ^llege that the bird raifes or deprefles it, con- Ariftotle calls it Ko^i/3«X«j Xo^ov £X«<'' *• e. the Helmet^ rk having a crejl. Pliny terms it Galerita, and Varro Ga- itus; both derived from Ga/erus, a furred cap, whofe irimitive is Galea, a helmet. in Italian, it has the names Lodola Capelluta^ Capelina, varellay and Ciperina. In German, it is called Heide-lerche, Baum-Jerche, Holtz- •che, or the Heath-larky the Tree-lark, the Wood^arky the 'ay-lark. ~n Danifli, it is termed Top-laerka and Vei-laerke. he French appellation Cochevis is a contraftlon for Coq' ^age^ or Cock's-face; becaufe the tuft refcmbles fomewhat a cock's comb. fWillughby. ^: Turner. i Vol. V. F trads IM^l. 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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