24 Mr. Mark wick' j Catalogue of Birds 



The fecond variety is in a mixed ft ate, between its winter and 

 fummer drefs. On the 18th of September 1792 I {hot one of thefe 

 birds, amongft ten or a dozen more, on the iea-fhore at Bexhiil. 



Its length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail was feven 

 inches; the breadth from tip to tip of the wings when extended, 

 fourteen inches; and the bill, which was black and a little bent 

 near the tip, one inch and a quarter long. The head and hinder 

 part of the neck were variegated with reddiih brown and black, the 

 middle of the feathers being of a dark brown or black, with the 

 edges of a pale reddiih brown. The feathers on the fhoulders were 

 of an afh-coloured brown, and thofe on the back of a dark brown 

 or black in the middle, having their edges of a pale yellowifli or 

 reddiih brown, not very unlike thofe of the Jack Snipe. The co- 

 vert feathers of the wings were duiky, edged with pale brown, 

 and thofe next the quills tipped with white. The quills were of 

 a duiky black with white ihafts and bafes. The tail was rather 

 pointed; the two middlemoft feathers were of a dark brown 

 edged with light yellowifli brown, and the reft were of a fi&t afh- 

 colour with white ihafts. The chin, belly and vent were" white 

 but the bread was of a light brown, (treaked with darker brown • 

 and the fides of the belly were alfo marked with dufky fpots. The 

 legs were naked above the knees, of a black colour; and the toes 

 were entirely divided, without any web between them. 



Some time about the middle of the fummer 1795 I had an on 

 portunity of feeing a bird of the third variety in its fummer drefs 

 whofe whole upper tez and breaft were variegated with dufky and 

 yel owilh brown, the middle of the feathers being of a blackifh 

 and the edges of a yellowiih brown. Its chin, lower part of the 



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