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Tisju Vji-jiim 17 'With the bill black : Head duflcy : nape • fpotted wrtK white i ■ 

 -"* * back, and coverts of wingSj .and tail, of an uniform deep brown: 

 under fids of the neck, breaftj.and^ belly, and thighs, deep brown, 

 flightiy fpotted with white : primaries dufky : inner webs marked^ 

 v/ith great oval fpots of white, mottled with brown : middle feathers . 

 of the tail plain brown; inner webs of the reft mottled with white j. 

 exterior webs and ends flightiy edged with the fame : legs ftrong ; ; 

 yellow ? Wing reaches near the. length of the; tail. Length, from 

 bill to tail, two foot one. 

 PtAcE.-, Inhzhlts.Hiidfpn'sBic;^.. 



icr. Marhu MarJh Hawi, £■<?!». iv. 251;-— i^/i<i:«j'i.' 99.— -Levi Mi?s.--Si,. Mtrsj- 



P With a bluifh bill ; orange cere, orbits, and legs : irides hazel "j •- 

 a black line extends from th& corner, of the bill beyond the: 

 eyes; above that is another of white, which encircles the cheeks, and 

 meets in front of the neck : head, throat, and upper part of the 

 brcaft, varied with black and ruft-color : back, and coverts of the - 

 ■wings, -brown. : ■ rump v/hite : breaft and belly, and thighs, pf a bright 

 ferruginous: tail duflcy brown, crofled by four black. bands: legs 

 ftrong, thick, and . ftiort ; , which^ aj;e fpecific diftinftions from the : 

 next. Length two feet. , 

 Pi ACE.. Inhabits Pefi/jhafiia : frequents,- during the fummer, marfhy 



places; where it feeds on the fmall birds. Frogs, . Snalces, and Li- 

 sards. At approach of wintcr.quits the country, . 



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