. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. i: 207 ] ' .iij â l.'H'. M The M A T U I T U I. Fourth Sfcciei. Alctdo Muculata, Linn, and Gmel', Ifpida PrafiUenJis Navia, Briff. The Braftlian/potted King fjher. Lath. A R c G R A V E alfo defcribcs this Bra- filian King-fifhcr, and marks its true charaflers: the neck and leg?, fliort j the bill, ftraight and ftrong, its upper mandi- ble Vermillion, extending over the lower, and bending fomewhat at its point, a pecu- liarity obfervid already in the Kingfilher of New
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. i: 207 ] ' .iij â l.'H'. M The M A T U I T U I. Fourth Sfcciei. Alctdo Muculata, Linn, and Gmel', Ifpida PrafiUenJis Navia, Briff. The Braftlian/potted King fjher. Lath. A R c G R A V E alfo defcribcs this Bra- filian King-fifhcr, and marks its true charaflers: the neck and leg?, fliort j the bill, ftraight and ftrong, its upper mandi- ble Vermillion, extending over the lower, and bending fomewhat at its point, a pecu- liarity obfervid already in the Kingfilher of New Guinea. It is as large as the Stare j all the feathers of the head, of the upper- fide of the neck, of back, and of the tail, are fulvous or brown, fpotted with yellowifh white, as in the Sparrow-hawk; the throat is yellow, the breaft and belly are white, dotted with brown. Marc- grave mentions nothing particular of its natural habits. [A] In Fernandez and Nieremberg we find fome birds which are improperly termed [AJ Specific charafler of the Alccdo Moculata: " It is brown, fpotted with yellow!Hi ; below white, fpotted with brown; its throat, bright ; King- u: ' < ». '.mm. *H 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 . ..
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