. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. s, DFARE. ARE. ;, becaufe ed to that )ur of the It difFers ;enus: its are not fo )re exten- it manner, nd tinder- ighter co- ape ; and d near the ifficient to are better dons *. _" It 13 cine-" its wings, and [â¢oat, the bill, rhroftle, being II. The FOREIGN BIRDS, C?V. a; I IL The CANADA FIELDFARE. 7'urdus Migratortus, Linn. Gmel. and Klein. ^ttrdus CanaJeitJis, BrilT. The Fieldfure of Carolina, Catefty. The Red-breajted ThruJJ}, Penn. and Lath; Fieldfare i
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. s, DFARE. ARE. ;, becaufe ed to that )ur of the It difFers ;enus: its are not fo )re exten- it manner, nd tinder- ighter co- ape ; and d near the ifficient to are better dons *. _" It 13 cine-" its wings, and [â¢oat, the bill, rhroftle, being II. The FOREIGN BIRDS, C?V. a; I IL The CANADA FIELDFARE. 7'urdus Migratortus, Linn. Gmel. and Klein. ^ttrdus CanaJeitJis, BrilT. The Fieldfure of Carolina, Catefty. The Red-breajted ThruJJ}, Penn. and Lath; Fieldfare is the name which Catefby applies to the Thrufh defcribed and figured in his Na- tural Hiftory of Carolina; and I adopt it the more readily, fince that fpecies fpends at leaft a part of the year in Sweden, and could thence migrate into the New World, and produce other varieties. In the Canada Fieldfare the orbits are white, there is a fpot of the fame colour between the eye and the bill, the upper-part of the body is brown, the under orange before, and varie- gated behind with dirty white and rufty brown, ihaded with a greenifli tinge; there are alfo fome fpeckles under its throat, whofe ground colour is white. In winter it advances in numerous flocks from the northern parts of America to Virginia and Carolina, and returns in the fpring. It refembles our Fieldfare in this circumftance, but it fmgs better *. Catefby fays that it has a ⦠We muft remember that the fong of a bird cannot be knov^ii unlefs it be heard in the feafon of lovcj and that the Fieldfare ne- ver breeds in our climates. jfharp ll 1 ''â¢,'*Tl.''. ;:':-il,n,;il '' "'It : â »! :!.!|' 'Ml Ui' â "tss -. â â r â i;r mtm â 4 M â¢'!H '⢠li i 1^' y.\< l.'.'ll. 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 Buff
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