. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. COHMON HERON. US tor that purpofe multitqdes jalTejmble in the fame didrid of the foreft * and often on the fame tree: and we may fuppofe that they adopt this meafure, to repel the Kite and VuUure by their combined force, or at lead, to intimidate them by their num- bers. It 18 on the tilled trees that the He- rons build their nefts, and often befide thofe of the Crows f which might have led the ancients to imagine that an amity fubfifted between thefe two fpecies, wh
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. COHMON HERON. US tor that purpofe multitqdes jalTejmble in the fame didrid of the foreft * and often on the fame tree: and we may fuppofe that they adopt this meafure, to repel the Kite and VuUure by their combined force, or at lead, to intimidate them by their num- bers. It 18 on the tilled trees that the He- rons build their nefts, and often befide thofe of the Crows f which might have led the ancients to imagine that an amity fubfifted between thefe two fpecies, whofe habits and inftin6ls are fo incongruous. Their nefts arp fpacioDS, built of fticks, with abundance of dry grafs, of rplhes}:, and fieathers; their eggs are of a greenish blvie, which is uniformly pale, i^^arly as (arge as thofe of the Storks, but rather longer, and ahnoft equally thick 9t both ends. The hatch, we are alTured* confifts of four or five eggs, which ought to make the fpecies more numerous than it appears to be j many mud perifh therefore in the rigors of winter, and perhaps, as they are of a gloomy difpofition and ill fed, they foion lofe the power of procreating. * There is no country where the Herons do not aff«ft certain woods, where they colie£b together, and make nata, ral heronries. They aflemble not only on the great oaks, but alfo on the pines, as SchwenckfiBld remarks of ibmc forefts in Silefia. t Aldrovandus, and Belon* t Ariftotle, £i^. IX. 2* ⢠â ; The Uf ' I- â¢â '>'â 'â â¢' i I <^ I , .if Vit -⢠⢠« 1.: !i« . ;1i"..^.vâ¢i''â â â ^â¢'â¦V. '"'^li . \ â â 'â â < â ..'⢠id' I â i. 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, a
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