. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. W1 My ' /'â '('i ⢠â. , ,;!.4| I 302 trtE BLUE FIG-EATER. fame birds from Pennfylvania. They arrive In that province about May, and remain through the fummer: and thus they are migratory in North America, as are almod all the other fig. caters, whofe native climate is South America. The head, all the upper part of the body, and the fupcrior coverts of the wings, are of a blue Hate colour i the throat, and the .fides of the head and neck, are of a fine black; the r
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. W1 My ' /'â '('i ⢠â. , ,;!.4| I 302 trtE BLUE FIG-EATER. fame birds from Pennfylvania. They arrive In that province about May, and remain through the fummer: and thus they are migratory in North America, as are almod all the other fig. caters, whofe native climate is South America. The head, all the upper part of the body, and the fupcrior coverts of the wings, are of a blue Hate colour i the throat, and the .fides of the head and neck, are of a fine black; the reft of the under furface of the body whitiih; tlie quills of the wings, and of the tail, blackiOi, vrith a white fpot on the great quills of the wings: the bill and legs are black: in the Planches Enluminks thefe are yellow : perhaps the fmall fcales of the dried fpecimen from which it was defigned, were wotn 6fF. ⢠⢠' â â ' " J ' ? - ; 1 ⢠â . 1 r ;: r â . , â ⢠. â 1 THEl. 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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