. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. t 4*3 } â¢tf {%u I . The TUFTED UMBRE. £' Omiritit. Buff. 5f«/»/⢠Vmbritta. G mel. Seofur*. Briflf. fpoR the knowledge of tfaifi bird we are ^ indebted to Adanfon, who found it at Senegal. It is rather larger than the Night Heron. It owes its name to the dun or umbre caft of its plumage. It ought to be regarded as an anomalous fpecies in the tribe of Marfh-birds; for it belongs not exaflly to any of them. It might be claffed with the Herons, if its bill had not be
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. t 4*3 } â¢tf {%u I . The TUFTED UMBRE. £' Omiritit. Buff. 5f«/»/⢠Vmbritta. G mel. Seofur*. Briflf. fpoR the knowledge of tfaifi bird we are ^ indebted to Adanfon, who found it at Senegal. It is rather larger than the Night Heron. It owes its name to the dun or umbre caft of its plumage. It ought to be regarded as an anomalous fpecies in the tribe of Marfh-birds; for it belongs not exaflly to any of them. It might be claffed with the Herons, if its bill had not been of an entirely different form, and even peculiar to itfelf j being very broad and thick near the head, growing flatter at the fides as it extends; the ridge of the upper mandible is prominent the whole length, and feems to be detatched by two grooves that run on each fide, which BriiTon defcribes, by faying that the bill appears compofed of feveral jointed pieces: the ridge is reflefted at the tip of the bill, and terminates in a curved point j the whole From £Ki4», 9 jBboidow, length i I'l. â 't- ,.;,. .^â / i'.'.r,' â 'â¢â ⢠,., \ ..^^ ,^ W^-< .;V I. 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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