Class II. W H I M B R E L, 4-3* 



flocks in April, but continues there no longer than 

 May •, nor is it feen there any other time of year : 

 it-feems at that feafon to be on its paftage to its 

 breeding place, which I fufpedt to be among the 

 Highlands of Scotland. 



The fpecific difference is the fize ; this never ex- 

 ceeding the weight of twelve ounces. The bill is Descrip, 

 two inches three quarters long ; dufky above, red 

 below : the feathers on the head and neck are 

 brown tinged with red, marked in the middle with 

 an oblong black fpot : the cheeks of a paler color : 

 the upper part of the back, the coverts of the 

 wings, the fcapulars, and the farthed quil-feathers, 

 are of the fame color with the neck, but the black 

 fpots fpread out tranfverfely on each web : the 

 quil-feathers dufky ; their fhafts white ; and their 

 exterior webs marked with large femicircular 

 white fpots. The bread, belly, and lower part 

 of the back are white : the coverts of the tail, and 

 the tail itfelf, are of a very pale whitiih brown, 

 croffed with black bars. The legs and feet are of 

 a dull green, and formed like thofe of the curlew. 



I received one from Invercauld, mot on the 

 Grampian Hills ^ whofe length was fixteen inches 5 

 the bill two : the head round, black on the top, 

 divided length-ways by a white line : chin white : 

 cheeks, neck, bread, and upper part of the belly 

 whitiih brown, marked with dreaks of black point- 

 ing down, with narrow dreaks on the neck j broad 

 on the belly : lower belly and vent white : back 



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