. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. [ 327 3 THE WORM-EATER. Le Demi-Fin, Mangeur de Vers, Bujf. Motacilla Vermivora, Gmel. Sylvia Vermivora, Lath. Lid. Ficedula Peniifylvanica, Brijl . THIS bird is entirely different from ano- ther worm-eater mentioned by Sloane : it is difcriminated by its climate, and by its na- tural qualities. The bill is pretty fliarp, brown above, and flefli-coloured below: its head is orange, and on each fide there are two black j bars, of which the one pafles acrofs the eye, and
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. [ 327 3 THE WORM-EATER. Le Demi-Fin, Mangeur de Vers, Bujf. Motacilla Vermivora, Gmel. Sylvia Vermivora, Lath. Lid. Ficedula Peniifylvanica, Brijl . THIS bird is entirely different from ano- ther worm-eater mentioned by Sloane : it is difcriminated by its climate, and by its na- tural qualities. The bill is pretty fliarp, brown above, and flefli-coloured below: its head is orange, and on each fide there are two black j bars, of which the one pafles acrofs the eye, and the other below it; and they are feparated by a yellowilh bar, beyond which they join near the back of the head : the throat and the bread are lalfo of an orange colour, but which grows |more dilute, as it diverges from the anterior parts, and is only whitilh on the inferior coverts Df the tail: the upper fide of the neck, the 3ack, the wings, and the tail, are of a deep olive green : the inferior coverts of the wings Ire of a yellowilh white ; the legs are flefh-co- loured. This b?rd is found in Pennfylvania, where it Y4 is. 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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