. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. rtlauti to thi P I Ci E O N S. 4(17. D I'lGKOK the fame, refuUing from a diflcrcncc of age or of fcx. The Green Amboyna Pigeon defcrlhed by BrifToii * is of the fizc of a turtle, and though dif- ferent in the dillribution of its colours from that to which we have appropriated tîiat name, mull dill be confidercd as but another variety of the Euro- pean Pigeon. It is alfo extremely probable that the Green Pigeon from the ifland of St. Thomas mentioned by Marcgrave, whic
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. rtlauti to thi P I Ci E O N S. 4(17. D I'lGKOK the fame, refuUing from a diflcrcncc of age or of fcx. The Green Amboyna Pigeon defcrlhed by BrifToii * is of the fizc of a turtle, and though dif- ferent in the dillribution of its colours from that to which we have appropriated tîiat name, mull dill be confidercd as but another variety of the Euro- pean Pigeon. It is alfo extremely probable that the Green Pigeon from the ifland of St. Thomas mentioned by Marcgrave, which is of the fame fize and fliape with the European fort, but dif- fers from it, as from all others, by the faffron colour of its legs, is alfo a variety only of the Wild Pigeon. In general, Pigeons have all red legs ; the difference confifts entirely in the in- tenfity or the vivacity of this colour, and perhaps the yellow caft obferved by Marcgrave was oc- cafioned by fome diftemper or accident. It is much like the Green Pigeons of Amboyna, and of the Philippines, as delineated in the Plancha Knlum'mêes» Thevenot fpeaks of thefe Green Pigeons in the following terms : ** In India, at " Agra, there are found Green Pigeons, which " differ from ours only in the colour. Fowlers " catch them eafily with bird-lime.'* The Jamaica Pigeon, mentioned by Sir Hans Sloane f, which is of a purple brown on the • " Olive-green Pigeon; the back chefnutj the wing-quills " black above, cinereous below, their exterior margins yellow; " the feet ; fiRissoN. t " Thelefferwhite-bellied ; Sloane.—Thcmiddlfi white-bellied Pigeon. Brown. H H z body,. 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
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