. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. COMMON HERON. 34T fame name from the Spaniards. The iflet of the Niger, where Adanfon landed^ me- rited a like appellation ** In Europe, the Gray Heron has penetrated to Sweden -f-, Denmark, and Norway %. It is feen in Poland §, in England ||, and in mofl: of the provinces in France. It is mod abund- ant in countries interfperfed with (Vreams and marfhes, fuch as Switzerland ** and Holland ff. We ihall divide the numerous genus of the Herons into four families: that
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. COMMON HERON. 34T fame name from the Spaniards. The iflet of the Niger, where Adanfon landed^ me- rited a like appellation ** In Europe, the Gray Heron has penetrated to Sweden -f-, Denmark, and Norway %. It is feen in Poland §, in England ||, and in mofl: of the provinces in France. It is mod abund- ant in countries interfperfed with (Vreams and marfhes, fuch as Switzerland ** and Holland ff. We ihall divide the numerous genus of the Herons into four families: that of the Heron properly fo called\ that of the Bittern i that of the Biboreau or Night Heron ; and that of the Crab Heron, Their common cha- racers are the length of neck $ the Oraight* nefs of the bill, which is pointed in the upper mandible and indented at the edges near the tip : the length of the wings, which, * ** We arrived on the 8th'at Lammai (a little ifland in the Niger ;) the trees were covered with fuch a prodigious mul- titude of Cormorants and of Herons of all kinds» that the Laptots who entered into a ftream which we then crofled, filled in lefs than half an hour a canoe, wit4i the young ones, which were caught by the hand, or knocked down with fticks, and with old ones, of which feveral dozens fell at each (hot of the fowling piece. Thefe birds tailed of filh-oil, which does not fuit tvny body's palate.*' â¢\ Fauna Stttuea, No. I33> X Brunnich, Ornithol. Boreal. No. 156. ^ Rzaczyniki. II Natural Hiftory of Cornwall. â¢â¢ Gefner. ft Voyage hiftori^ae de 1* Europe : Paris, i6$3, torn. v. when ki â , â¢. â I'' ;7v 'â â "â â â \/\':y -I,. 1, , , ;|'.i.;JI*,.. mm A V r ''I-â <<«â â m â 'vâ ^â¢""lb?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 work.
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