. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 322 CUCKOO. 1 I; i.,^ <« ji ;i •! The head and all the upper fide of the body- are blackiih ci-icieous, fpotted regularly with white; the throat and all the under fide of the bt)dy wiiitc, barred traniVcrfely with cinereous; the quills of the wings blacki(h, thole of the tail cinereous; and both are barred with white; the iris light orange ; the bill and legs of a di- lute a(h colonr. The Cuil is rather linaller than the ordinary Cuckoo; it is held I'acred on t
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 322 CUCKOO. 1 I; i.,^ <« ji ;i •! The head and all the upper fide of the body- are blackiih ci-icieous, fpotted regularly with white; the throat and all the under fide of the bt)dy wiiitc, barred traniVcrfely with cinereous; the quills of the wings blacki(h, thole of the tail cinereous; and both are barred with white; the iris light orange ; the bill and legs of a di- lute a(h colonr. The Cuil is rather linaller than the ordinary Cuckoo; it is held I'acred on the Malabar coaft, becaufe, no doubt, it deftroys the pernicious in- fects. General iuperftition originates from er- ror; but fome particular ceremonies and obferv- ances mar have their foundation in rcafon. Total length eleven inches and a half j the bill eleven lines; the tarfus ten; the tail five and a half, confiding often tapered quills, the outer pair being fcarcely half the length of the inner, and it exceeds the wings three inches and a half [A]. [A] Specific charadcr of the Cuculuj Ilonoratus: " Its tail is wedge-Ihaped; its body blacidlli, ipotted wiilx wliite; below ftriped with while and ; PI. 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. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
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