Identifier: nouvellesillustr00brow (find matches)
Title: Nouvelles illustrations de zoologie : contenant cinquante planches enlumineés d'oiseaux curieux, et qui non etés jamais descrits, et quelques de quadrupedes, de reptiles et d'insectes, avec de courtes descriptions systematiques
Year: 1776 (1770s)
Authors: Brown, Peter, fl. 1770-1791 Freme, John Rowden, former owner. DSI Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Birds Mammals Reptiles Insects
Publisher: A Londres : Imprimé pour B. White ...
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fenté par M. de buffox,dans les Planches enluminées, pi. 37,;mais comme loccafion fe prelentoit de faireun deflein fur un oifeau vivant, de ALTUNSTALL, jcfpcre quon mexcuferadavoir conformé au defir dun gentilhommequi a beaucoup contribué à la perfeélien decet ouvrage. ( 54 1 P L T E XXIII. THE CRESTED CARDINAL. GENUS LOXIA, LIN. SYST. 299. GROSBEAK, PEN. GEN. BIRDS 44. SIZE HEAD., BACK, BREAST, TAIL, LEGS.PLACE, of the common Grofbeak. adorned with an upright creft, of a crimfoncolour. CHEEKS, and the lower part of theNECK, of the fame colour. and WINGS, cinereous. and BELLY, white. long; middle feathers, cinereous; exterior,duiky. flefli colour. the Brafils, in the neighbourhood of Para. This bird has been figured by Mr. buffon; buthaving an opportunity of taking a drawingfrom the living bird in Mr. tunstalls collec-tion, I hope that I fliall be excufed in giving afigure of this bird, it being at the particularrequeft of a gentleman, who has very muchencouraged this work. xxin
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