. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. m r 346 ] The COCK OF THE ROCK. % Lc Coq tie Roche, BufT. Pipra-Rupicoln, Linn, and Gmel. Rupicola, BHfl*. Vpupa Americana Luiea, Ger. Orn. ftlfinhahn, Walch. Natur. The Hecpoe Hen, Edvv. I'bt Crejltd Manakin, Ponni The Rock Manakint Lath. tv â !! ^T^HOUGH this bird is of an uniform colour, it â¢*" is one of the moft beautiful of South Ame- rica ; for this colour is very beautiful, and its plu- mage nicely tapered. It feeds upon fruits, per- haps for want o
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. m r 346 ] The COCK OF THE ROCK. % Lc Coq tie Roche, BufT. Pipra-Rupicoln, Linn, and Gmel. Rupicola, BHfl*. Vpupa Americana Luiea, Ger. Orn. ftlfinhahn, Walch. Natur. The Hecpoe Hen, Edvv. I'bt Crejltd Manakin, Ponni The Rock Manakint Lath. tv â !! ^T^HOUGH this bird is of an uniform colour, it â¢*" is one of the moft beautiful of South Ame- rica ; for this colour is very beautiful, and its plu- mage nicely tapered. It feeds upon fruits, per- haps for want of feeds j fmce it differs from the gallinaceous tribe by the fhape of its toes only, which are conneded by a membrane, the firft and fecond as far as the third joint, and the fecond wiih the third no farther than the firft joint. The tail is very ihort and fquare, as are fome coverts of the wings ; fevcral of thefe fea- thers have a Tort of fringe on each fide, and the iirft great feather of each wing is fcalloped from the tip to one third of its ItMigth : but what cha- raderizes it the beft is, a beautiful creft on the crown, longitudinal, and of a femicircular form. In the minute defcriptions which Briffon and Vofmaer have given, this creft is imperfedly depided ; it is not fingle, but double, confifting of. 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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