 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 530 pages
...yellow : the irides are red : the colors of this bird atone for its 1 • . inelegant form : the crown of the head, and the coverts of the wings are of a...deep blackifh green, fpotted with bright azure: the fcapular feathers, and coverts of the tail are alfo of a moft fplendent azure: the whole underfide... | |
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 768 pages
...inches from the bafe to the tip; the upper chap black, and the lower yellow; the crown of the heaJ and the coverts of the wings are of a deep blackifh...back and tail are of the moft refplendent azure; the whole under-fide of the body is orange-coloured ; a broad mark of the fame pafles from the bill beyond... | |
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 pages
...long; two inches , from the bafe to the tip ; the upper chap black, and the lower yellow; the crown of the head and the coverts of the wings are of a deep blackifh green, fpotted with bright auzure; the back and tail are of the moft refplendent azure ; the. whole under-fide of the body is... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1807 - 472 pages
...chap black, and the lower one yellow ; but its colours atone for the inelegancy of its make. The crown of the head, and the coverts of the wings, are of a deep blackish grey, spotted with azure, most beautifully bright ; the back and tail are of the same colour,... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...bill disproportionally long. But the colours of this bird atone for its inelegant form ; the crown of the head and the coverts of the wings are of a deep blackish green, spotted with bright azure ; the back and tail are of the most resplendent azure ; the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...black, and the lower yellow ; but the colours of this bird atone for its inelegant form ; the crown of the head, and the coverts of the wings, are of a deep blackish green, spotted with bright azure ; the back and tail are of the most resplendent azure ; the... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1816 - 432 pages
...bill disproportionally long. Hut the colours of this bird atone for its inelegant form ; the crown of the head and the coverts of the wings are of a deep blackish green, spotted with bright azure ; the back and tail are of the most resplendent azure ; the... | |
 | Hugh Clark - 1827 - 450 pages
...small, and the bill disproportionably long and broad; the upper chap is black, and the lower yellow; the top of the head and the coverts of the wings are of a deep blackish green, spotted with bright blue; the back and tail arc of'the most resplendent azure; the... | |
 | Hugh Clark (heraldic engraver.) - 1829 - 454 pages
...small, and the bill disproportionably long and broad; the upper chap is black, and the lower yellow ; the top of the head and the coverts of the wings are of a deep blackish green, spotted with bright blue; the back and tail are of the most resplendent azure ; the... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 pages
...lower yellow ; but the colours of this bird atone for whatever is inelegant in its form ; the crown of the head and the coverts of the wings are of a deep blackish green, spotted with bright azure ; the back and tail are of the most resplendent azure ; the... | |
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... form ; the crown of the head, and the coverts of the wings, are of a deep blackish green, spotted with bright azure ; the back and tail are of the most resplendent azure ; the... 
