. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ?.l».r, A A T I C BIRDS. 133 alfo, is more abundant, and depends not on the caprice of the feafons, or on the produce of human induftry. Hence, too, the water birds aiFociate more habitually than the land birds, and form larger flocks; for inftance, few fpecies of thefe, at leaft of an equal bulk, are fo numerous, in the (late of nature, as the Gecfe and the Ducks. In general, there is greater union among animals, the fuither they are removed from the controul of


. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ?.l».r, A A T I C BIRDS. 133 alfo, is more abundant, and depends not on the caprice of the feafons, or on the produce of human induftry. Hence, too, the water birds aiFociate more habitually than the land birds, and form larger flocks; for inftance, few fpecies of thefe, at leaft of an equal bulk, are fo numerous, in the (late of nature, as the Gecfe and the Ducks. In general, there is greater union among animals, the fuither they are removed from the controul of man. But both the fpecies and the individuals of the land birds are more plenty in propor- tion as the climate is hotter; whereas the wa- ter birds feem to prefer the cold regions. Ma- riners inform us that the Herring-gulls, the Penguins, and the Scoter-ducks appear in myriads on the frozen (hores of the North, as do the Albatrofles, the Manchots, and the Petrels, on the frigid iflets in the high fouthern latitudes. Yet the birds of the land feem to furpafs thofe of the water in fecundity; none of an equal fize are fo prolific as the gallina- ceous tribe. Nor can this difference be attributed to the abundant and generous food which the domeftic (late affords, for the tame Goofe and Duck never lay fo many eggs as the common Hen. Thefe Aquatic birds :!'!l \W,V' â ' vvj^»l "â¢7, , t «v If 'f,:'*. â¢â¢â¢â . 1 ii 'Iff â J* ik'^ J{'* .£m. t-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, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..


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