. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. EIDER. 9i ' Tni the breeding feafon, fomc male Eiders are feen flying (ingle: The Norwegians call them gield'fugh gield^aee * j they are fuch as have not obtained mates, and have been worfted in the ftruggles for the pofTeffion of the females, which are fewer in this fpecies than the males. Yet they fooner arrive at maturity, fo that the old males and the young females pair together, and hence their firft hatch is fmaller than the fubfe- quent. ^ , At the time of pair
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. EIDER. 9i ' Tni the breeding feafon, fomc male Eiders are feen flying (ingle: The Norwegians call them gield'fugh gield^aee * j they are fuch as have not obtained mates, and have been worfted in the ftruggles for the pofTeffion of the females, which are fewer in this fpecies than the males. Yet they fooner arrive at maturity, fo that the old males and the young females pair together, and hence their firft hatch is fmaller than the fubfe- quent. ^ , At the time of pairing, the male continually fcreams ha^ ho, with a raucous and moaning voice; that of the female refemblcs the cry of a common duck. The firft objeift of thefe birds is to place their neft under flielter of fome ftones or bufhes, and particularly of junipers. Both male and female labour in concert; and the latter pulls the down from her bread, and heaps it, fo as to form quite round the neft a thick puffed roll, which (he prefTcs on the eggs, when fhe goes in queft of food: for the male aflifts not in covering, but keeps watch in the vicinity, and gives notice if an enemy appears; the female then conceals her head, and if the danger is ur- gent, ftie flies to her mate, who treats her harflily, it is faid, if any accident happen to the brood. The ravens fuck the eggs, and kill the young; the mother therefore haftens to remove them from the neft, and a few hours after they are hatched^ ⢠i. e, Frti bird j fret Eidir.'^T. flic I (T 'J' 'â \\-^; â *â â â '^ u ' â ' if'»»*f ^. 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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