. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. « A aU A T I C B I R D S. 431 cry aloft in the air, -admidft the filence anc| darknefs of night; this alfo is the period when the Gulls range abroad, when the wild Geek and Ducks alight in our rivers, and flay ufually longer than during the day, Thefe habits are derived from feveral cir- cumdances connected with their fupport and fecurity : the coolnefs of the evening en- tices the worms to come out of their holes; the fifhes are then in motion, and the gene- ral obfc
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. « A aU A T I C B I R D S. 431 cry aloft in the air, -admidft the filence anc| darknefs of night; this alfo is the period when the Gulls range abroad, when the wild Geek and Ducks alight in our rivers, and flay ufually longer than during the day, Thefe habits are derived from feveral cir- cumdances connected with their fupport and fecurity : the coolnefs of the evening en- tices the worms to come out of their holes; the fifhes are then in motion, and the gene- ral obfcurity conceals thefe birds from their enemies. Yet not always prudent in di- refling their attacks, they fometimes fall vi£lims of their own rafhnefs or impc- tuofity. We have found a King fi(her in of an Eelj the Pike often caiches the birds that dive or glance over tlie fur- face, and e\en thofe which come to drink or bathe at the margin of the pool j and^ in the frozen feas, the Whales open their enormous jaws, to fwallow not only whole columns of Herrings and other fifhes, but alfo the birds which hover in purfuit of thefe, fuch as the AlbatroiFes, the Penguins, and the Scoter Ducks, &c. Thus nature, while (he beftows great privileges on the birds of the water, annexes alfo to their condition fome inconveniences; and fhe has even withheld from them one of her nobleA gifts. None of them has - ^l,-^«v • 'HI/. ' ' i l<'^ Ki'iv'l,Tf).'l. 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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