. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 1;;: Pl^ 'â m: [ \,. lir J:!' I â i., ( :''r f 298 J I The B U L F I N C H*. Le Bowurtuil, BufF. Loxia-Pyn-hula, Linn, and Gmel. Coccothraujles Sanguine a, Klein. Rubicilla, feu Pyrrhiila, Aldrov. Johnft. &c. Pjrrhula, Brifl". Riibrica, Gefner. The Bulfinch, Alp, or Nope, Will. "^TATURE has been liberal to this bird, for "*"^ fhe has beftowed upon it a beautiful plu- mage and a fine voice. The colours are perfedl after the firft moulting, but t
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 1;;: Pl^ 'â m: [ \,. lir J:!' I â i., ( :''r f 298 J I The B U L F I N C H*. Le Bowurtuil, BufF. Loxia-Pyn-hula, Linn, and Gmel. Coccothraujles Sanguine a, Klein. Rubicilla, feu Pyrrhiila, Aldrov. Johnft. &c. Pjrrhula, Brifl". Riibrica, Gefner. The Bulfinch, Alp, or Nope, Will. "^TATURE has been liberal to this bird, for "*"^ fhe has beftowed upon it a beautiful plu- mage and a fine voice. The colours are perfedl after the firft moulting, but the fong needs to be affifted and formed by art. In the ftate of freedom, the Bulfinch has three cries, which are all unpleafant: the firft, which is the moft common, is a fort of whoop ; it begins with one, then two in fucceflion, and afterwards three and four, &c. and, when animated, it feems to articulate with force the repeated fyllable /«/, ////, tut; the fecond is an air of greater extent, but lower, almoft hoarfe, W i m "I PI I HM'W \\l- \ '^^^ ; m * In Germnn, Blut-finch, Guegger, Bnm-tnei/s, Bclhn-heiffer, Rc:-'vcgel,7hiimbhcrx,, GiimpcJ; in Svcdifli, Dom-berre; in Daiiifli and Norwegian, Dom-prpe, Blod-jinke; in Poliih, Popck; in Pruf- fian, Daun pfaffc ; in Italian, Cifolottc, SuJ'uleue, FringuclU Mcntuno, Fringueilo yernino, Moniuh'ino. In Greek, it was called l'-«a?.u;, from 'j\, a fig, on which it was fuppol'cd to feed; and alfo llfffttA«4, from lit/f, fire, on account of its red plumage. 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 : Printed for A. Strachan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
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