. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE JACARINI TANAGRE. with fmall red fpots, which are numerous, and fpread moft profufely near the big end. The Jacarini is eafily known by its colour, which is black and fhining like poliihed fteel, and uniform over the whole body, except only in the male the interior coverts of the wings, which are whiliih; for the female is entirely gray, and differs fo much in plumage that it might be taken for a different fpecies. The male aUb be- comes gray in the moult. [A] [A]
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE JACARINI TANAGRE. with fmall red fpots, which are numerous, and fpread moft profufely near the big end. The Jacarini is eafily known by its colour, which is black and fhining like poliihed fteel, and uniform over the whole body, except only in the male the interior coverts of the wings, which are whiliih; for the female is entirely gray, and differs fo much in plumage that it might be taken for a different fpecies. The male aUb be- comes gray in the moult. [A] [A] Specific chAr:ii\er of the Tatiagrajcjcarina:—" ItUblack- " violet, its wings whitifh below, its tail v. ; m 4 iiA a. .;^ m. The GOLDEN TANAGRE. Le Tciu, BufF. Ray, and Will. Tanagra Fiolacea, Linn. Ginel. Borowflc, &C. Tanugra Brafdienfis Nigro-Lutea, BriiT. The Golden Titwou/e, Edw. Fifth Small Species. It IS called Teitc in its native region of Brazil. The female differs widely from the male ; for the upper-part of the body is olive-green ; the forehead, and the under-part of the bill, tinged partly with yellow, and panly with olive- yellow : whereas in the male the body is of a deep blue ; and the forehead, the under-part of tbe throat and belly, line yellow. In the young bird the colours are fomewhat different. The upper-part of the body is olive, S fprinkled. 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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