British zoology . derand black: the fpace about the eyes naked and * Godwin de Praful. Angl. com, Lelands Colleft. T t 3 green : &3* A- P P E N D I X. green : the irides of a pale yellow : the head adorn-ed with a beautiful creft, compofed of fome fhort,and of two long feathers, hanging backward ; thefeare upwards of four inches in * length i the wholeplumage is of a refplendent whltenefs: the featherson the breaft, and the icapulars, are very delicate,long, (lender, and unwebbed, hanging in the light-ed and loofeit manner: the le^s are of a dark <*reenalmoft black : the icapuiars and the c
British zoology . derand black: the fpace about the eyes naked and * Godwin de Praful. Angl. com, Lelands Colleft. T t 3 green : &3* A- P P E N D I X. green : the irides of a pale yellow : the head adorn-ed with a beautiful creft, compofed of fome fhort,and of two long feathers, hanging backward ; thefeare upwards of four inches in * length i the wholeplumage is of a refplendent whltenefs: the featherson the breaft, and the icapulars, are very delicate,long, (lender, and unwebbed, hanging in the light-ed and loofeit manner: the le^s are of a dark <*reenalmoft black : the icapuiars and the cred wereformerly much elteemed as ornaments for capsand head-pieces; fo that aigrette and egret came tofignify any ornament to a cap, though originallythe word was derived from ajgre, a caufe de Vaigreur de fa voix *. We never met with this bird or the crane in Eng-land, but formed our defcriptions from fpecimens inthe elegant cabinet of Doctor Mauduit in Paris. Belon a<v. 1^5, VIII. The The lilTTLK BITTKRN.
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