. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE WHEAT-EAR. 833 among us they make little ufe of their power of flying, they probably exert it in their mi- grations. They mu ft have once done fo: for they are among the few birds which are com- mon to Europe and the fouth of Afia ; fmce they are found in Bengal, and inhabit the ex- tent of Europe, from Italy to Sweden. The appellations * which the wheat-ear re- ceives in different parts of France, allude to its habits of livhig on the ground and in the holes J of
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE WHEAT-EAR. 833 among us they make little ufe of their power of flying, they probably exert it in their mi- grations. They mu ft have once done fo: for they are among the few birds which are com- mon to Europe and the fouth of Afia ; fmce they are found in Bengal, and inhabit the ex- tent of Europe, from Italy to Sweden. The appellations * which the wheat-ear re- ceives in different parts of France, allude to its habits of livhig on the ground and in the holes J of fitting on the clods, and appearing to ftrikc them with its tail. Its Englifh names refer to its frequenting both fallow and tilled grounds, and to the whitenefs of its rump. But the Greek term tenanthe, which naturalifts have, from a conjecture of Belon, agreed to apply to it, feems not io charadteriftic or fo proper as the preceding. The mere analogy of the word csn^nthe to vitiflora, and the refem- blance of this to the old French name vitreCy \i<\ Belon to form this opinion ; for he does not explain why it was called vine-fiower (ojvaiBM). It alfo arrives before the blowing of the vine,' and coathiues long after the bloifom is dropped; and it Ims therefore no connexion with the flower of the vine. Ariftotle dcfcribes it only * Motteiiy:, Tourne-mottc, Brife-mottCy t^ TerniJJofi ,• /. tff dodder, turn-clcd, break-clod, and eardi-thrower. as '(' 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, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
Size: 875px × 2856px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, booksubjectbirds, booksubjectoiseaux, booksubjectornithology
