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The Natuval Hifory of JAMAICA. 
Chaps, Breaft, and Belly, are of a lighter brown intermixt, with a 
white and Fueille Morte Colour, the Legs and Feet are four Inches 
long, on the fore part they are of a dark brown, and behind of a 
ellow Colour, cover’d with fmall Scales. They have four Toes, 
one behind and thrée before, the middlemoft of which is fomewhat 
more than one Inch long, the Toes for Number of Joints, is as the 
Coot, and has likewife a little Web between the two outwardmoft 
oes. 
a had on the outward Skin, under the great Feathers on the Breaft 
two Spots, one of each fide as bigas one’s Thumb, cover’d with a yellow 
Down, under each of which was a conglomerated Gland. The Traches 
Arteria was firft before, or forwards, and afterwards paft behind the 
S, or Turn the Vertebtes of the Neck made, and took as it were a 
ftrait Courfe, till under the Bafe of the Heart it was divided into two 
Branches, the Stomach was far in the Abdomen, under a long Galler, it 
was Sack-fafhion, and the Guts were very fmall, and had many 
Windings. 
It feeds. on Libellas, Cray Fifh, Shrimps, and other Infetts haunting 
watery Places. erst 7 
It loves watery Places, 
I know not but that fome part of the odd Pofition of the Neck 
may be owing to the carrying of it, after it was kill’d. 
VI. Himantopus. Tab, 267. Wikughb. Angl. p. 297. Tab. 54, Raiji 
{jas pr 106. G 190. : : ? 
The Longe Legsi 
This was thirteen Inches long from the end of the Bill to that cf 
the Tail, about twenty two Inches from the Tip of the one Wing to 
that of the other extended, the Bill was round, ftreight, blackifh, more 
than two Inches long, and having two large Apertures for the Noftrils, 
the Head was large in proportion to the reft of the Body, the Neck 
was three Inches long, and the Tail two and an half, all the upper 
Part of the Head was blackifh, except two white Spots over the 
Fyes, the upper part of the Neck was alfo blackifh, the Back of a 
brown Colour, and the Wings blackifh, the Bafe of the Bill under the 
Chaps, fore part of the Neck, Breaft; Belly, and Tail were white, the 
Feet, Legs, and Thighs were eight Inches long cover’d with redifh 
or Flefh colour’d Scales, the Toes were three, all before, or ftanding 
forwards, that in the middle being an Inch and an half long, all of them 
having {mall black Claws. : 
Its Stomach was very mufcular, had no inward feparable Tunicle, 
and was ‘fill’d with the Seeds of Grafs, the Liver was red, and the 
Circumvolutions of the Guts many, it had a great many conglomerat- 
ed Glands at the Entrance into the Stomach. t 
They haunt and frequent the Sea Marfhes. 
They feed on the Tops of Grafs, éc. 
They are accounted good Food. 
VIL. Plates incarnata. Raij. fym: p. 189. Tlauhquechul Fernandez. pe 
49- Wilughh Angl. p. 289. <Aisia rhe tabengst Colherado Lufitanis, 
Belgis Lepelaer. Marcegr. p. 204. ed. 1648. Willaghb. p. 289: Angl, 
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