. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE YELLOW WREN. 351 termed the Uttk European fg-eater, and I won- der that fome nomenclator has not thought of this claflification. Its French name pouilht is evidently derived from the Latin pullus or pulii- his, fignifying fmall and feeble. The yellow wren feeds on flies and other lit- tle infe£ts: its bill is flender and tapered, the cutfide of a fhining brov/n, the inficle and the edges yellow *: the plumage confiPuS of two faint tints o^ greenifh gray and yello
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE YELLOW WREN. 351 termed the Uttk European fg-eater, and I won- der that fome nomenclator has not thought of this claflification. Its French name pouilht is evidently derived from the Latin pullus or pulii- his, fignifying fmall and feeble. The yellow wren feeds on flies and other lit- tle infe£ts: its bill is flender and tapered, the cutfide of a fhining brov/n, the inficle and the edges yellow *: the plumage confiPuS of two faint tints o^ greenifh gray and yellovvifli white : the firft fpreads on the back and the head : a yellowifli line, rifing from tlie corner of the bill, paffes near the eye, and extends to the temple: the quills of the wings arc of a dull gray, and, like thofe of the tail, have their outer edge fringed with greenilh yellow: the throat is yellowifh, and there is a fpot of the fame colour on each fide of the breall, where 'ihe wing refts: the belly and the flomach are ivhite, which is more or lefs dalhed witli a weak yellow, according to the age of the bird, or its difference of fex f: in general, the plumage of the yellow wren refembles that of the gold- ci-efted wren, which has only an additional white fpot on the wing, and a yellow crefl: %. The yellow wren refides in the woods during ⦠Belon. t Willughby. 1 Aldrovandus and Bclon. fummer i'ik^.'.. 'J.^! â mM n't i^'i>s^(. ill #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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