. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. J; Ll^ 'I all*' h !â -)â ' -U-'> ^* ' 111. 38+ THE C H I M E :^. jTicfticatc them. Their voice is not fo loud au that of the Great Belfry, which is indeed equal to that of a bell of confiderable fizc; and the Chimers arc not diftindly audible farther than fifty paces, while the Belfry may be heard at the diftancc of half a league. Thefe birds con- tinue their chiming without intermtiTion for whole hours. The fpecics is very rare, and found only in the ftill forefts
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. J; Ll^ 'I all*' h !â -)â ' -U-'> ^* ' 111. 38+ THE C H I M E :^. jTicfticatc them. Their voice is not fo loud au that of the Great Belfry, which is indeed equal to that of a bell of confiderable fizc; and the Chimers arc not diftindly audible farther than fifty paces, while the Belfry may be heard at the diftancc of half a league. Thefe birds con- tinue their chiming without intermtiTion for whole hours. The fpecics is very rare, and found only in the ftill forefts, in the heart of Guiana. [A] [A] Specific charaiJlcr of the Cliimer, Turilus Tiiithinabulatus: â ââ¢â¢ Its crown and temples white, fpotted with black, its cyc- â¢' brows black, its chin white, its brcall carnation, fpottcd with â¢Â« black ; its back, its wings, and its tail, brown; its rump, iu *« belly, and vent, ; The B A M B L A. ^'urdus-Bamhla, Gniul. "â Ihe Black-i'jingeii Thntp, Laih. Eighth Specks. We have given it this name, becaufc there is a white tranfvcrfc bar on each wing (bandc' blanche). The habits of the bird are unknown; but from its refcmblance to the other Anters, I fhould infer that it belongs to the fame genus, though flill a diftindl fpecies. Bcfidcs thcfc eight fpecies of Anter.'i, we have fecn three others which were brought from Cayenne. 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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