. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ABYSSINIAN CALAO. 149 circular prominence that reaches from its root to near the front, two inches and a halF in diameter, and fifteen lines broad at its bafe over the eyes -, this excrefcence h of the fame fubftance with the bill, but thinner and yields under the fingers; the height of the bill taken vertically and joined to that of its horn, is three inches eight lines; the feet meafure five inches and a ha]f; the great toe, including the nail, is twenty-eight lines
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ABYSSINIAN CALAO. 149 circular prominence that reaches from its root to near the front, two inches and a halF in diameter, and fifteen lines broad at its bafe over the eyes -, this excrefcence h of the fame fubftance with the bill, but thinner and yields under the fingers; the height of the bill taken vertically and joined to that of its horn, is three inches eight lines; the feet meafure five inches and a ha]f; the great toe, including the nail, is twenty-eight lines j the three fore toes are almoft equal ; the hind one is alfo very long, being two inches; all of them are thick, and covered, as well as the legs, with blackiih Icales, and furniftic.^ with ftrong nails, but which are neither hooked nor fharp : on each fule of the upper mandible near its origin, is a reddifh fpot j the eye- lids are provided with long la(hes: a naked fkin of violet brown encircles the eyes, and coveis the throat and part of the fprefide of the neck. 'â ,n ";⢠III ;^: â 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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