. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. I 267 1 The C O U R I C A C A. TaHtHlus Leculator, Linn. Gmel. and Kleta. Curicata Brafilien/ibui. Macrg. burnetii us Americanus Major. firifT. The Wood Pelican. Catefby. The fVoodIbis. Pemi. and Lath. np HI s bird is a native of Guiana, of Brafil, and of fome countries of North America, which it vifits. It is as large as the Stoik, but its body is more ilender and longer (haped; nor would it reach the height of the Stork, but for the length of its neck and legs, whic
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. I 267 1 The C O U R I C A C A. TaHtHlus Leculator, Linn. Gmel. and Kleta. Curicata Brafilien/ibui. Macrg. burnetii us Americanus Major. firifT. The Wood Pelican. Catefby. The fVoodIbis. Pemi. and Lath. np HI s bird is a native of Guiana, of Brafil, and of fome countries of North America, which it vifits. It is as large as the Stoik, but its body is more ilender and longer (haped; nor would it reach the height of the Stork, but for the length of its neck and legs, which are larger in proportion: it differs alfo by the (hapc of its bill, which is ftraight three fourths of its length, but curved at the point, very ftrong and thick, not furrowed, and of an even roundnefs, gradually enlarging as it approaches the head, where it is fix or feven inches in girth, and near eight inches long ; and this large bill is of a very hard fub- fiance, and fliarp at the edges: the back of the head and the arch of the neck are covered with fmall brown feathers, ftifF, though Joofe: the quills of the wing and of the tail are black, with fome bluiOi or reddifh re- jie<5lions; all the reft of the plumage is white: II \â â â ,lâ ^ â. (»:.rV, jJWij; â :'â i'l-m. 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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