. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. P A R R O dU E T. aij & The PARROQITET with VARIE- GATED WINGS. :/\. FOURTH SPECIFS, ' With a long and equal Tail, VJittacHi Firefcent, Gmel. * TJlttaca BrilF. The Tellovj-winged Parraket, Lath. '"T^His fpecies is called the Common Parrakeet â *' in Cavenne. It is not lb larcre as a black- bird, being only eight inches and four lines long, including the tail, which is three inches and a half. Thefe Parroquets keep in numer- ous flocks, refer the
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. P A R R O dU E T. aij & The PARROQITET with VARIE- GATED WINGS. :/\. FOURTH SPECIFS, ' With a long and equal Tail, VJittacHi Firefcent, Gmel. * TJlttaca BrilF. The Tellovj-winged Parraket, Lath. '"T^His fpecies is called the Common Parrakeet â *' in Cavenne. It is not lb larcre as a black- bird, being only eight inches and four lines long, including the tail, which is three inches and a half. Thefe Parroquets keep in numer- ous flocks, refer the cleared grounds, and even refort to th fettled fpots. They are very fond of the buds of the hmnortal Xxqc^ and when in blofibm they perch on it in crowds. One of thefe large trees planted in the new town of Cayenne draws the vifits of tliefe birds; they are frightened away by firing upon them, but they fooii return. It is difficult to teach them to ipeak. - - In this Parroquet the head, the whole body, the tail, and the fuperior coverts of the wings, are of a fine green ; the quills of the wings are variegated with yellow, bluifh green, white, and green ; the quills of the tail are edged with yellow i(h on the infide; the bill, the feet, and the nails, arc gray. In i 1)1 M. \^\ 1 M 1 ^!f(j. 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. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
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