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 The Tree Widdle. 



Numb. LXXXVIII. 



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"^ H I S Bird was about the bignefs of the Jack Snipe, 

 Its Bill black, the Noftrils oblong, the Head and 

 Neck of a pale duiky Colour, the Back and Wings fome- 

 thing darker, the Quill-Feathers very dark, their exterior 

 Edges light j the Belly and Thighs are white, the Tail was 

 made up of twelve Feathers, their upper Sides duiky, their 

 under fide white : It was bare above Knee, the Legs and 

 Feet black, the back Toe very fmall: This Bird was (hot 

 by a Gentleman near a Pond fide, and was brought me by 

 the name of the Tree U^iddie'^ I believe this Name impofed 

 on it is not right, I rather believe it to be the female Stent 

 or Sanderling. See the Male Vol. the fecondy Numb, 74, 



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