96 NATURAL HISTORY Birds."] 



ORDER VII.WITH PINNATED FEET. 



GENUS XXIV. PHALAROPE. 



Gen. Char. 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. Earns fidipes alter 

 nostras, Rail Syn. Av. 132. Tringa hyperborea, Lin. Sys. 249- Brit* 

 Zool. 391. Brit. Zool. Him. 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 



