9Q NATURAL HISTORY Birds.'] 



ORDER VII.— WITH PINNATED FEET. 



GENUS A^Z/r.— PHALAROPE. 



Gen, CAar.— Bill strait, slender ; nostrils minute; tongue, body, and legs in every 



respect like the sandpipers. 



Species 1. — The Red Scollop-toed Sandpiper. 



Mr Johnson's small cloven-footed Gull, Wil. Orn. 355. Larus fidipes alter 

 nostras, Raii Syn. Av. 1S2. Tringa hyperborea, Lin. Sys. 249. Brit. 

 Zool. 391. Brit. Zool. lllus. 67. tab. 75. 



This bird I have never seen, but am informed it is some- 

 times met with in the Orkneys. Mr Pennant takes notice 

 of one shot in Stronsay in 1769- I have heard of several 

 other examples, but have never yet had the good fortune to 

 meet with one. The following description of this bird is from 

 the British Zoology : — 



" It is the size of a purre ; bill an inch long, straight to near 

 " the end, which bends a little downwards ; crown of the 

 " head, hind part of the neck, back, scapulars, and coverts 

 " of the wings, of a deep lead-colour ; the back and scapulars 

 " stripped with a dirty yellow ; across the greater coverts is 

 " a line of white ; throat white ; under part and sides of the 



