. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. r 75 J Ti:. .ti. The MAGPIE*,. LaPUt Buff. CorviiJ-Picd, Linn, and Gmel. Pica Varia b" Catuiata, Gefner, and Aldrov. PicaRufticcrumi KIcirt. y^^ Magpit, Piantt, or i*/*/, WiU. Alb. &c. 'HIS bird refembles the crow To much in external appearance, that Llnnaeus^ has clafTed them under the fame genus ;. and Bebn remarks, that if the tail of the Magpie was ihortened, and the white removed from its plumage, it would be really a crow. In fadJ:, the Magpie has the b
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. r 75 J Ti:. .ti. The MAGPIE*,. LaPUt Buff. CorviiJ-Picd, Linn, and Gmel. Pica Varia b" Catuiata, Gefner, and Aldrov. PicaRufticcrumi KIcirt. y^^ Magpit, Piantt, or i*/*/, WiU. Alb. &c. 'HIS bird refembles the crow To much in external appearance, that Llnnaeus^ has clafTed them under the fame genus ;. and Bebn remarks, that if the tail of the Magpie was ihortened, and the white removed from its plumage, it would be really a crow. In fadJ:, the Magpie has the bill, the feet, the eyes,, and the general fhape of the crows and jackdaws; it has alfo many of their inflin£ts and habits,,for it is omnivorous, living on all forts of fruits, and devouring even carrion f>, robbing the fmall birds* nefts of the eggs and the young, and ieizing fometimes' the parents,, either by an * Ih Greek; Ktj^a or Ktrla* and on account of its variegated plumage, noi«tXi(: in Latin, Pica, Cljfa, and according to Tome, Avis Pluvia, (Rain-Bird); in wretched modern Latin, Ajacia : in Spaniih, Pega, Picata, Pigazza; and in Catalonia, CraJ/h : in Italian; Gazza, Ragazza, Aregazza, Gazztwla, Gazzara, Pica, Putta : in German, Aeloter, Atzel, Aegerfl, Agerlujier: in Flemiftli Atatcr: in Polidi, Slroka: in Swedifti, Skala, Sluira, Siara: in Ddnifh; Shade: in Norwegian, Skior, Tunfugl. f JiLEiN.—I faw one that ate greedily the fltin of an orange. 10 open s\ 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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