Book IIT. land of BARBADOS, 
The Lone-Lecs. 
at ESE are diftinguifhed into the large and the {mall Kind, both dif- 
fering from the Plover, in having a hind Claw. 
The largeft, which is called the Cackling Plover, weighs often near 
Seven Ounces. 
They derive their Name from the Length of their Legs. : 
Nature hath given thefe, as well as all other Birds that feek their F ood in 
muddy wet Skirts of Ponds, long Legs, Necks, and Bills, thefe being ab- 
folutely neceffary in fuch a Situation ; their Legs to prevent their finking 
in the Mud; and the Length of their Bills enabling them to penetrate deep 
into the Mire, in Search of Worms and Fifth, which are their Food. 
The Great SniIpE. 
cp HERE are feveral Species of Snipes, that come in the wet Sea- 
fons to this Ifland. 
Thefe are diftinguithed by many uncertain and different Names, as 
well as Marks ; tho’ the real Difference between {0 many is but {mall, 
I fhall therefore reduce them into the large and {mall Sort. 
The Lirtte Snipe. 
HIS is likewife called a Nit. 
The Name was perhaps given them from their very diminutive Size, 
when out of Feathers; for they then feldom weigh above two Ounces each, 
A few of thefe are to be {een here in every Month of the Year, with- 
out any Regard to the periodical Seafon. 
They are of a greyifh Colour, fpeckled with Black upon the Back 
and Wings, and the Breaft and Belly of a whitith Colour. 
Their Length from the Tip of the Bill to the Feet, extended, is Six 
Inches; and, over the Wings, Nine. 
Thefe feed generally about the Skirts of Ponds. 
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