. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. [ >»3 3 The BLACK CAPPED KING-FISHER. Stvtntb Specter, Jlcedo Atricapilla, Gmel. np H I s is one of the moil: beautiful of the King-fifliers; a foft filky violet covers the back, the tail, and half the wings 5 their tips, and the fhoulders are black; the belly is light rufousv a white plate marks thebreail and the throaty and bends round the neck near the back; the head wears a large black capj a great bill of a brilliant red completes the rich decora- tion of^this
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. [ >»3 3 The BLACK CAPPED KING-FISHER. Stvtntb Specter, Jlcedo Atricapilla, Gmel. np H I s is one of the moil: beautiful of the King-fifliers; a foft filky violet covers the back, the tail, and half the wings 5 their tips, and the fhoulders are black; the belly is light rufousv a white plate marks thebreail and the throaty and bends round the neck near the back; the head wears a large black capj a great bill of a brilliant red completes the rich decora- tion of^this bird: its length is ten inches. It is found in China; and we reckon the Great King- fiiher of the ifland of Lu^on, mentioned by Sonnerat, as a contiguous fpecies, or merely a variety. iKii. I « I t •l k f?. 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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