. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. t IS8 1 ? The KING-FISHER. Le Martin Ptchtur, ouVMcym. Boff. * Alcedo'lfpida, Linn. Gmel. Jffida, Briff. AldrOv. Will. Klein, &c. ' Alcedo Fhtviatilis. Schyvenckf. V J —« 'Tp H E French name Martiri'fijher is be- ftowed on this bird, becaufe, like the Martin, it fkims along the furface. Its ancient appellation Alcyon or Halcyon is nobler. It was celebrated among the Greeks: the epithet Alcyonian was appli- ed by them to the four days before and after the winter fo
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. t IS8 1 ? The KING-FISHER. Le Martin Ptchtur, ouVMcym. Boff. * Alcedo'lfpida, Linn. Gmel. Jffida, Briff. AldrOv. Will. Klein, &c. ' Alcedo Fhtviatilis. Schyvenckf. V J —« 'Tp H E French name Martiri'fijher is be- ftowed on this bird, becaufe, like the Martin, it fkims along the furface. Its ancient appellation Alcyon or Halcyon is nobler. It was celebrated among the Greeks: the epithet Alcyonian was appli- ed by them to the four days before and after the winter folftice -(-, when the Iky is ferene, and the Tea fmooth and tranquil %* Then, * In Greek AXxv«r, Yiw% and K^^vXo;; in modern Greek ^auri^ont'. in Latin AUedo and Alcyon % in modern Latin lfpiia\ ill Italian Piombinot Picupiolo & Uccello Pe/catore, Uccello del Paradifot Uccello delta Madonna^ Pe/catore del Re; (i. e. Fifher>bird, Bird of Paradife, Bird of our Lady, King-fi(her); in Lombard/ Merlo Acquarolo^ (i. e. water Black-bird); in German, Ei/s-vogely Wajfer heunlein, and See Schvaalme (Ice^bird, Water-pullet, Sea-fwallow); in Polifli Zimorodek Rxeezny, f Seven according to Ariftotle. X We fhall quote Ovid's defcription: Perque dies placidos hiberno tempore feptem Incubat halcyone pendentibus aquore nidis : Turn via tuta maris: ventes cnjlodit, et arcet JEolut tgrejfu. Met. lih» xi« Thus. 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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