The first comprehensive accounts of eighteenth-century ornithology, first published between 1770 and 1783 and translated into English in 1793.

Klappentext

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-88), was a French mathematician who was considered one of the leading naturalists of the Enlightenment. An acquaintance of Voltaire and other intellectuals, he worked as Keeper at the Jardin du Roi from 1739, and this inspired him to research and publish a vast encyclopaedia and survey of natural history, the ground-breaking Histoire Naturelle, which he published in forty-four volumes between 1749 and 1804. These volumes, first published between 1770 and 1783 and translated into English in 1793, contain Buffon's survey and descriptions of birds from the Histoire Naturelle. Based on recorded observations of birds both in France and in other countries, these volumes provide detailed descriptions of various bird species, their habitats and behaviours and were the first publications to present a comprehensive account of eighteenth-century ornithology. Volume 3 covers corvids, thrushes and some tropical birds.

Zusammenfassung
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (170788), was a leading French naturalist. These volumes, first published between 1770 and 1783 and translated into English in 1793, contain Buffon's description of various bird species and provide the first comprehensive account of eighteenth-century ornithology. Volume 3 covers corvids and some tropical birds.

Inhalt

1. The red-legged crow; 2. The hermit crow; 3. The raven; 4. The jackdaws; 5. The alpine daw; 6. The magpie; 7. The jay; 8. The nutcracker; 9. The rollers; 10. The Chinese roll; 11. The grivert, or Cayenne rolle; 12. The garrulous roller; 13. Variety of rollers; 14. The greater bird of paradise; 15. The manucode; 16. The magnificent bird of paradise; 17. The black manucode of New Guinea, called the superb; 18. The sifilet, or manucode with six filaments; 19. The calybe of New Guinea; 20. The ox-pecker; 21. The common stare; 22. Varieties of the stare; 23. The troupiales; 24. The troupiale; 25. The aeolchi of Seba; 26. The ring-tailed oriole; 27. The japacani; 28. The xochotol and the costotol; 29. The tocolin; 30. The commander; 31. The black troupiale; 32. The little black troupiale; 33. The black-capped troupiale; 34. The spotted troupiale of Cayenne; 35. The olive troupiale of Cayenne; 36. The weaver oriole; 37. The whistler; 38. The baltimore; 39. The bastard baltimore; 40. The yellow caffique of Brazil, or the yapou; 41. Variety of the yapou; 42. The carouge; 43. The lesser bonana; 44. The yellow-headed oriole; 45. The olive carouge of Louisiana; 46. The kink; 47. The loriot; 48. Varieties of the loriot; 49. The thrushes; 50. The throstle; 51. Variety of the missel thrush; 52. The fieldfare; 53. Variety of the fieldfare; 54. The mocking birds; 55. The blackbird; 56. The ring ouzel; 57. Varieties of the ring ouzel; 58. The rose-coloured ouzel; 59. The rock blackbird; 60. The blue ouzel; 61. The solitary ouzel; 60. The grisin of Cayenne; 61. The verdin of Cochin China; 62. The azurin; 63. The short tail; 64. The mainate of the East-Indies; 65. The goulin; 66. The paradise Grakle; 67. The chatterer; 68. The grosbeak; 69. The crossbill; 70. The house sparrow; 71. The tree sparrow; 72. The ring sparrow.