. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ii |i:H -f i. fon's fourth Ipecies, is rather 'el's than the com- mon wheat-ear, beinjij only lix inches and three lines in length : the head, the fore part of the body, and the breaft are whitifh, mixed with a little rufous; the belly and the rump are of a lighter white} the upper fide of the neck and back is light rufty. It might be rciulily taken for the female of the common wheat-ear, if fome individuals had not the charader ot the tnale, the black flripe on the c
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ii |i:H -f i. fon's fourth Ipecies, is rather 'el's than the com- mon wheat-ear, beinjij only lix inches and three lines in length : the head, the fore part of the body, and the breaft are whitifh, mixed with a little rufous; the belly and the rump are of a lighter white} the upper fide of the neck and back is light rufty. It might be rciulily taken for the female of the common wheat-ear, if fome individuals had not the charader ot the tnale, the black flripe on the check between the bill and the ear ; fo that this would feem to he a permanent variety. It is found in Lor- raine near the mountains ; but it is not fo fre- quent as the ordinary fpecies. It aho inhabits the vicinity of Bologna in Italy; and Aldro- vandus calls it Jirapazz'ino. Briflbn tells us that it occurs in Languedoc, and that at Nimes it is termed reynauby, Tlie fifth fpecies of Briffon * is The Rufous Wheat-Ear. Both male and female have * Motacilla Stapazlna, Gmel. Sylvia Stapazina, Lath. Ind. Specific charafter : ** It is ferruginous; its wings brown; the fpace about its e) ana its tail black; its outermoft tail quill white at the t'; Thus dprr ibed by Briflbn: ** Yellowidi rufous ; ;;-i rump and lower belly white (the cheeks and throat black in the mate; a black bar on tiic eyes in the female) \ the two middle tail quills black i the lateral ones white, fringed with ; been. 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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