. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. SNIPE. 462 fever dlfFufed more univerrally than that of the Woodcock. It occurs in all parts of the world ; and foms intelligent voyagers have made this obfervation *. It has been fent to us from Cayenne, where it is called the Savanna Snipe -f* : Frezier found it in the plaino of Chili z it is common iri Iiouifi- ana J, where it reforts near the habitauons: and it is equally frequent in Canada §, and at St, Domingo |{. In the Old Cond- nent, it is found from Sweden ^
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. SNIPE. 462 fever dlfFufed more univerrally than that of the Woodcock. It occurs in all parts of the world ; and foms intelligent voyagers have made this obfervation *. It has been fent to us from Cayenne, where it is called the Savanna Snipe -f* : Frezier found it in the plaino of Chili z it is common iri Iiouifi- ana J, where it reforts near the habitauons: and it is equally frequent in Canada §, and at St, Domingo |{. In the Old Cond- nent, it is found from Sweden ^ and Siberia ** to Ceylon -f-f* and Japan :J:J: and we have received it from the Cape of •** We may remark, that Snipes occur in far more coun- tries of the world than any other bird ; they are common in almoll the whole of Europe,^ of Ada, and of ; Cook's Voyage. f Though its flelh is very well taded, this Guiana Snipe never grows fat, no more than the Woodcock of the fame country, and according to M. de la Borde, it lays no mure than two eggs. It would feem, that, in all countries where the hatches are repeated, the number of eggs ia eacn is 4iniini(hed. } Le Page du Pratz, Hift, de la Loui/tane, tcm. xi. p. 127. f Nouvelie France, torn. in. ps 15;. (I M. le Chevalier Lcfebre Defliayes remarks, that, a month after their arrival they grow fo fat as to appear as nnwieldly as the quails: they remain in that ifland until February. ^Fauua Sutcica. •• Gmelin, Voyage en Siierie, torn. 1. /. 218, iff torn, it, p. 56- ft Knox, in /' Hiji. Gen. des Voyages, torn viii, pi s^^y, JJ Koempfer, Hi^. Nat. du Japon^ torn. i. pp. 112. {sT 113. H h 2 Good IM'ii'.-''"'. 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,
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