380 LONG LEGGED PLOVER. ClafsXI. 



bluifh legs, and fome with a fmall claw in the place 

 of the hind toe. 



They lay four eggs, fharply pointed at the leffer 

 end, of a dirty white color, and irregularly marked, 

 efpecialiy at the thicker end, with black blotches 

 and fpots. 



IV. The LONG LEGGED PLOVER. 



ILe grand Chevalier d'ltalie. Sibb. Scot. 19. tab. 11. 13. 



Be (on Portr. tTOyfeaux, 53. L'Echafie. Briffon a<v. V. 3$. 

 ■Jlldr. a<v. iii. ij6. ■ tab. 3. fig. I. 



Gejner a*v. 546. Charadrius himantopus. Lin.Jyft* 

 Himantopus. Wil. om. 297. 255. 



Raiifjn, a<v. 106. Br. Zool. 128. add. plates. 



'"TpH IS is the mod lingular of the Britijh birds 1 

 ■*• the legs are of a length, and weaknefs greatly 

 difproportioned to the body, which is inferior in fize 

 to that of the green Plover : this added to the defect 

 of the back toe, mull render its paces aukward and 

 E) e f cr , infirm. The naked part of the thigh is three inches 

 and a half long ; the legs four and a half : thefe, and 

 the feet are of a blood red : the bill is black, above 

 two inches long. The length from its tip to the 

 end of the tail is thirteen inches: the breadth from 

 tip to tip of the wing twenty-nine inches: the fore- 

 head, and whole under fide of the body are white : 

 the crown of the head, back, and wings black : on 

 the hind part of the neck are a few black fpots : the 

 Jail is of a greyifh white : the wings when clofed ex- 

 tend far beyond it. Thefe birds are extremely rare 



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