found in the County of SuJJex. 23 



Bread, belly, thighs and vent white, except a few duiky fpots on 

 the (ides, thighs and vent. The legs and feet are yellow, naked 

 above the knees ; and the toes entirely divided, without the lead 

 connecting membrane between any of them. The claws are 

 blackiftv. 



No. 121. — The Purre. ^ringa Cinftus. 



Thefe birds are found in great flocks on our fea-coaft in the 

 winter. I have had feveral of them in my poflefllon. There arc 

 three remarkable varieties of this fpecies. 



On the 1 ft of February. 1776, a bird of the firft variety, in its 

 winter drefs, from, which I made this defciiption and a figure, was 

 {hot on the fea-ihore near BexhilL 



Its length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail is 

 feven inches ;. its breadth from tip to tip of the wings when 

 extended, thirteen inches and an half. Its bill is an inch, and a 

 quarter long, black, and rather bent or curved downwards near the 

 tip. The. top of the head, hinder part of the neck, and the back, 

 are of a duiky brownifh alh-colour, fpotted with darker brown : 

 the upper covert feathers of the wings are brown, with the 

 edges of a lighter colour : the quill feathers of the wings of a 

 blackilh brown, having their bafes and thafts white : the middle 

 feathers of the tail of a duiky brown, and the reft, lighter 

 or whitilh. The under fide of the neck, and upper part of 

 the breaft, are of a pale duiky brown, fpotted with darker 

 brown : the reft of the breaft, belly, and covert feathers under the 

 tail, are of a. pure white. The legs and feet are black, and have 

 not any membrane or web between the joints of any of the toes. 



I have fince feen feveral of thefe birds in the winter, which all 

 agreed exactly with the above description, except a fmall variation 

 in refpeel: to fize.. 



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