. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. C I9S 1 BLUE-THROAT. Â¥f^ Motacilla Sueclca, Lin/i. Gwel. ^ Frif. Sylvia Sueclca, Lath. Ifid. Cyanecula, BriJ'. Ruliciila Wegflccklin, Ray $5' JFUL Tbe Blue-throated Rcd-ftart, luhu. The Blue-throated Warbler, Pemi. b* LatL* .«;â. UiX-TiK. IN its fliape, its fize, and its general appear- ance^ this bird is an exad: copy of the red- breaft : the only difference is, that its throat is of a brilliant azure blue, while that of the other is orange recb Even in marking the
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. C I9S 1 BLUE-THROAT. Â¥f^ Motacilla Sueclca, Lin/i. Gwel. ^ Frif. Sylvia Sueclca, Lath. Ifid. Cyanecula, BriJ'. Ruliciila Wegflccklin, Ray $5' JFUL Tbe Blue-throated Rcd-ftart, luhu. The Blue-throated Warbler, Pemi. b* LatL* .«;â. UiX-TiK. IN its fliape, its fize, and its general appear- ance^ this bird is an exad: copy of the red- breaft : the only difference is, that its throat is of a brilliant azure blue, while that of the other is orange recb Even in marking the difcrimi- nation between thefe birds, nature feems to point at their analogy ; for beneath this blue fpace, we may perceive a black fafh and an orange red zone which bounds the top of the bread: this orange tint again appears on the firft half of the lateral quills of the tail j from the corner of the bill, a ftreak of rufty white pafies over the eye; and in general the colours, though darker, are the fame with thofe of the red-breaft. They fhare alfo the fame habits,, only their haunts are different: the red-breafl * In German, Wegflecklln, or Blau-Kehltiti: inSwedilh, Carls-Vogel, O a lives. 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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