. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ttiated to the FIELDFARE. «75 in the fouth of Provence, *Ah me, that the Red- Wing only whiftles, which it does inceflantly; we may infer, therefore, that it, does not breed in that country. Ariftotle mentions it by the name of H'lan 7'hrufi\ as being the fmalleft and the leaft fpot- ted of the Thruflies *. TI\is epithet feems to imply that it was brought into Greece from the coafls of Afm, where once ftood li'tum^ the city of Troy. I have traced an analogy between t
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ttiated to the FIELDFARE. «75 in the fouth of Provence, *Ah me, that the Red- Wing only whiftles, which it does inceflantly; we may infer, therefore, that it, does not breed in that country. Ariftotle mentions it by the name of H'lan 7'hrufi\ as being the fmalleft and the leaft fpot- ted of the Thruflies *. TI\is epithet feems to imply that it was brought into Greece from the coafls of Afm, where once ftood li'tum^ the city of Troy. I have traced an analogy between this fpecie^ and the Fieldfare. They are both foreign, and only vifit our climate twice a year f ; they af- femble in numerous flocks at certain hours to chirp together ; they are fimilarly marked with fpeckles on the bread. But the Red-Wing is alfo related to the Throftle ; ins flefti is not in- ferior in quality, the under-furface of its wing is yellow, but more lively indeed, and of an orange tinge; it often occurs fmgle in the woods, and vifits the vineyards, like the Throf, tie, with which Lottinger has obferved it often to fly in company, efpccially in the fpring. From the whole it appears that this fpecies is furniflied with the means of fubfifting of the other two,. â¢-i;\-V â I'll 'â â 'â ^r '.if mm I 'â 'U:,v3 â ^-^ ^ ⢠Ariftotle, Hijl. Anim. lib. ix. 20. f In natural Hiftory, as in many other fubjedls, general obfer- vations always admit of exceptions. Though for the moft part the Rcd-Wing does not fpend the winter in our climates, I am aflured by M. Hebert, that he killed one year in a hard froft feveral dozens on a white-thorn, which was ftill loaded with its berries. T 2 and. 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 :
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