. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. I I M,. J 80 FOREIGN BIRDS i-elated to New World, and this fuppofitioii is riot only improbable, but ahibluteiy falle, for that of the preceding article is a native of Brazil ; I have thcieft^-e adopted another denomination, which churacrcrrzcs its plumage. The bill is nearly of rhc ilimc fnapt colour as the Common Gfiiufiich ; the fureheaci black, wbi.'h is pecii- to the m^le ; the reft ot the !icid, the neck, the , and the breaft, fhining yellow ;
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. I I M,. J 80 FOREIGN BIRDS i-elated to New World, and this fuppofitioii is riot only improbable, but ahibluteiy falle, for that of the preceding article is a native of Brazil ; I have thcieft^-e adopted another denomination, which churacrcrrzcs its plumage. The bill is nearly of rhc ilimc fnapt colour as the Common Gfiiufiich ; the fureheaci black, wbi.'h is pecii- to the m^le ; the reft ot the !icid, the neck, the , and the breaft, fhining yellow ; the thif:hs, the Icwer bflly, the fupcrior and in- ferior coverts of the tail, yeHowifh-white ; the fmall coverts of the v;ings yellow on the outfide, whitifli on the infidc, and tipt with white ; the great c< vprts black, and terminated with white flighilv ihadcd with brown, which form two tranfverle rays that are verv apparent on the black wings ; the middle quills of thefe are tipt with white ; thofe contiguous to the back and their coverts are edged with yellow ; the quills of the tail amount to twelve, are of equal lengths, black above, and equal below ; the lateral ones white on the infide ne:ir the tip ; the bill and legs ftcih-coloured. In the female the forehead is not black, but of an olive-gretn, and all the upper-part of the body is of rhc fame colour ; the yellow of the rump, and of the imdcr-part of the body, is lefs baiiiaiit; the black on the wings more dilute, and on the contrary the traafverle rays are not fo faint ; laftly, the belly, and the inferior co- verts of the tail, are entirely \vhite. The 1. a,^ r-SSKSTOcrr. 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. M
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