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Identifier: histoirenaturell18buff_0 (find matches)
Title: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux
Year: 1785 (1780s)
Authors: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Paris, De l'imprimerie royale
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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MANCHOT ci ficc from/ué. des Manchots. loy Anglois hiï ont donné le nom de canardailourdaut. (b)io IV. Enfin 5 félon dautres Voyageurs (cr),on trouve fur les îles de la côte du Chily,après avoir pafle Chiloc, & en approchantdu détroit de Magellan, c« une efpècedoie qui ne vole point, mais qui court cefar les eaux auffi vite que les autres uvolent: cet oifeau a un duvet très-fin ceque les femmes américaines filent, 8cccdont elles font des couvertures quelles cevendent aux Efpagnols (d). j5 Si ces parti-cularités font exaâes, elles indiquent dansce genre une efpèce moyenne entre lesoifeaux à grandes plumes & les manchotsà plumules écailleufes, qui reffemblentpeu à un duvet, & ne paroilfent pas fufcep-tibles dêtre filées. (bj Forfter^ dans îe fécond Voyage de Cook ^tome II/j page 27. fcj Voyage k fa mer du Sud, par Péquîpage deWager, à la fuite du Voyage de lAmiral An Ion 5P^g^ 359- (dj Refetion citée tout-à-Pheure, E y lo6 Hijloire Naturelk NOTICE

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  • bookid:histoirenaturell18buff_0
  • bookyear:1785
  • bookdecade:1780
  • bookcentury:1700
  • bookauthor:Buffon__Georges_Louis_Leclerc__comte_de__1707_1788
  • booksubject:Birds
  • bookpublisher:Paris__De_l_imprimerie_royale
  • bookcontributor:Harvard_University__Museum_of_Comparative_Zoology__Ernst_Mayr_Library
  • booksponsor:Harvard_University__Museum_of_Comparative_Zoology__Ernst_Mayr_Library
  • bookleafnumber:128
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