The
Natural History of
Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles
in Six Volumes
by
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon,
Volume VI
This electronic edition prepared by Dr.
David C. Bossard
from original documents in his personal library
December, 2009.
Copyright © 2009 by David C. Bossard.
CONTENTS.
Introduction
Titlepage
i
ii
Preface
iii
iv
Contents
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
x
xi
xii
The Cassowary of New Holland
001
002
003
Observations on the Common Eagle. By Sonnini
004
005
006
007
008
009
010
011
012
013
014
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021
022
023
024
025
026
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029
030
031
032
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034
035
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The Vulture
037
038
039
040
041
042
043
044
045
046
047
048
The Gypaetes
049
050
051
052
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056
057
058
The Falcon
059
060
061
062
063
064
065
066
067
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070
071
072
FOREIGN BiRDS, which have an Affinity with the BUTCHER BIRD:
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075
076
077
078
079
080
081
082
KITES AND BUZZARDS:
083
084
085
086
087
088
089
090
091
092
093
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The OWL:
096
097
098
099
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115 116
117
118
119
Of the Poultry Kind:
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127 128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
The Pheasant and Peacock:
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
The Hoccos:
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160
161
162
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172
173 174
The Partridge
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182 183
184
185
186
187
Of the Pie Kind:
188
189
190
191
192
193
194 195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
The Cuckoo:
204
205
206
207
208
The Parrot:
209
210
211
212
213
214
Of the Sparrow Kind:
215 216
217
218
219 220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227 228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
Of th Wren and Tit-mouse:
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
Humming Bird
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, &c,
268
269
270
271
272
273 274
275
276
277
278
279
280
The Pidgeon
281
282 283
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286
287
288
289
290
291
292
The Curlew:
293
294 295
296
297
298
The Penguin
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
Of the Goose, Swan and Duck:
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315 316
317
318
319 320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327 328
329
330
The King Fisher:
331
332