. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. i of the by Ed- :s of the rreat co- ed-Wing nd its feet , and with Ties of its than thofe ofe of the Jew SpaiHt mates, but maica it is 70ody parts eft branch- i its neft on ith brown, the whitc- on infe£ts. s not eafily cotnpUlhed elides a fa- |f man, ap- Iches on the ;d, the fto- ybuifli, and the THE MOCKING BIRD. 291 the Inteftines were folded in a vaft number of circumvolutions. [A] [A] Specific charafter of the American Mocking Bird, Turdus Polygkttust Linn. â &q
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. i of the by Ed- :s of the rreat co- ed-Wing nd its feet , and with Ties of its than thofe ofe of the Jew SpaiHt mates, but maica it is 70ody parts eft branch- i its neft on ith brown, the whitc- on infe£ts. s not eafily cotnpUlhed elides a fa- |f man, ap- Iches on the ;d, the fto- ybuifli, and the THE MOCKING BIRD. 291 the Inteftines were folded in a vaft number of circumvolutions. [A] [A] Specific charafter of the American Mocking Bird, Turdus Polygkttust Linn. â " It is of a dull a(h-colour, below pale-afh, the «' primary wing lui!'- itt in their outer ; T. he north- ern provinces < mcii^ ^s New-York, they ap^ .ar only dur- ing the fummer. Tn the warmer parts of the continent they fing inceflantly, by night and day, from March to Auguft. l^hey often breed in fruit-trees, but are fliy during the time of incuba- tion. They lay five or fix eggs, which are blue, thickly fpotted with rufous. There is a fmaller kind of Mocking Bird, which has obtained the following appeJ' icions from naturalifls: Turdus Orpheust Linn, and Gmel. Mimus, Briff. Avis Polyglot fa. Will. The Lejfer Mocking Bird, Edw. The Mocking Thrujh, Lath. Its fpecific charadlcr:â" Its back is duflty, its brcaft and its " lateral tail-quills are whitifh, its eye-brows ; ⢠M U 2 ''⢠â â â [*'â :':.: <4!.li'|. â 'k \ â â ,!â â â ' Hi-411 ^i 'mm .'â â¢;[-â ?.; I''. â â¢â ?. 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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