ound in'the County. of Suffer. 23 
breaft, belly, thighs and vent white, except a few dutky {pots on 
the fides, thighs and vent. The legs and feet are yellow, naked 
above the knees; and the’ toes entirely divided, without the leaft 
conneéting membrane between any of them, The claws are 
bhai, 
No. 12Ie—The Purre. Tringa Cinélus. ; 
Thefe birds are found in great flocks on our fea-coaft in the 
winter. I have had feveral of them in my poffeffion. There are 
three remarkable varieties of this fpecies. _ 
On the 1ft of February 1776, a bird of the firft variety, in its 
winter drefs, from which I made this defcription anda ficure, was 
fhot on the fea-{hore 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 anda 
_ 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 dufky brownifh afh-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 
blackifh brown, having their bafes and fhafts white: the middle 
feathers of the tail of a dufky brown, and the reft lighter 
or whitifh. The under fide of the neck, and upper part of 
the breaft, are of a pale dufky 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. 
Lhave fince feen feveral of thefe birds in the wintery which all 
agreed exaétly with the above defeription, except a {mall variation 
in refpect to fize. 
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