. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. jl> 24%' i;i,: It,"*;"' n I'm^ I â .â I,. I >. >â â 'â , ^54 THE GRAY BERGERONETTE. the whole of the fevere feafon. At leaft, tlid moft of them continue with us during the win-* ter: the yellow bergeromtte is more uniformly fta- tionary: the gray is lefs common in that feafon. All the bergerotiettes are fmaller than the white wagtail, and their tail is proportionally longer^ Belon was well acquainted only with the yellow one, and appears to indicate
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. jl> 24%' i;i,: It,"*;"' n I'm^ I â .â I,. I >. >â â 'â , ^54 THE GRAY BERGERONETTE. the whole of the fevere feafon. At leaft, tlid moft of them continue with us during the win-* ter: the yellow bergeromtte is more uniformly fta- tionary: the gray is lefs common in that feafon. All the bergerotiettes are fmaller than the white wagtail, and their tail is proportionally longer^ Belon was well acquainted only with the yellow one, and appears to indicate the gray bergero-^ nette by the appellation of another kind of h" vandiere. The upper fide of the gray bergeromtte h gray, or cinereous ; the under fide of its body white, with a brown bar, or half collar, on the neck: the tail is blackiih, with white on the outer quills: the great quills of the wings are brown; the others blackifh, and fringed with Dvhite, like the coverts. They build about the end of April, com* monly on a willow near the ground, and £hel- tered from rains. They breed twice a year. The fecond hatch is late; for their nefts are found even in September ; which could never happen to a family of birds that migrate, and are ' obliged to educate their young before the win- ter. However, thofe of the firft hatch, and the pairs which have more diligently difcharged their office, fpread through the fields in the months of July and Auguft; whereas the white wagtail*. 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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