. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. h* M ^â â . "l: â¢.Ji 3^2 THE TITMICE. treats of tliefe birds. I may add, that the term argatilis has never, as far as I know, been ap- plied by authors to any other bird but the one juft mentioned, and there is every reafon therefore to conclude that it is a titmoufe. The titmice have alfo been confounded with the bee-eaters, becaufe they are both apivorour. they have been confounded too with the goat- fuckers, on account of the refemblance of the Greek names ai
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. h* M ^â â . "l: â¢.Ji 3^2 THE TITMICE. treats of tliefe birds. I may add, that the term argatilis has never, as far as I know, been ap- plied by authors to any other bird but the one juft mentioned, and there is every reafon therefore to conclude that it is a titmoufe. The titmice have alfo been confounded with the bee-eaters, becaufe they are both apivorour. they have been confounded too with the goat- fuckers, on account of the refemblance of the Greek names ai^/BaAos* and eti^oOwAjjs, though Gefner fufpefls they are diftindl in their ety- mology : befidcs, the titmice have never been accufed of milking the goats. All the birds of this tribe appear feeble, be- caufe they are very fmall: but they are at the fame time lively, adtive, and bold: they are perpct\!ally in motion j they flutter from tree to tree; they hop from branch to branch j they creep along the bark; they climb the fides of walls; they fufpend themfelves in all fituations, and often their head downwards, in order to dig in every little cranny, and pick out the worms, the infeds, or their eggs. They alfo feed on feeds; but, inftead of breaking thefe in their bill, like the linnets and the goldfinches, ⢠Ai-yiflfltAof is commonly reckoned a primitive word, and al7o0)1^r){ is compounded of ai|, a goat, and finx», a nip^l pic. T. almoft ^u,. 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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