. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. t 479 ] The C O M M O N BARGE. Firjl Species. ScoljpGx-Lmo/a. Linn, and Gmel. Aldrov. Litncja. Brifl". Fedoa nojira fecunda, Ray and Will, Tot anus Cinereus, Barrere. The Stone Plover, Ray. The Lejfer Godiuit. Penn. The Jadreka Snipe. Lath. HTh e plumage is of an uniform gray, except that of the front and throat, where it is rufty-coloured j the belly and rump are white: the great quills of the wings are blackifli without, and whitifh within J the middl
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. t 479 ] The C O M M O N BARGE. Firjl Species. ScoljpGx-Lmo/a. Linn, and Gmel. Aldrov. Litncja. Brifl". Fedoa nojira fecunda, Ray and Will, Tot anus Cinereus, Barrere. The Stone Plover, Ray. The Lejfer Godiuit. Penn. The Jadreka Snipe. Lath. HTh e plumage is of an uniform gray, except that of the front and throat, where it is rufty-coloured j the belly and rump are white: the great quills of the wings are blackifli without, and whitifh within J the middle quills and the great coverts, have much white; the two outer feathers are white, and the bill is black at the point, and reddifh its whole length, which is four inches; the legs with the naked part of the thighs are four inches and a half; the whole length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, i|^ iixteen inches, and to the extremities of the toes eighteen. Kcbert tells us, that he killed fome birds of this kind in Biie. It appears therefore that they fometimes alight in the interior parts â " 'â ,' â ";0 I ' ''I'll *" -. ,!l â â :â :i I. 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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