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large and round ; the feathers of it, the neck, and upper parts of 



the body, are of a pale tawny brown, with a dafh of blackifh 



down the fhaft : the under parts much the fame, but very pale, 



except the chin, belly, thighs, and vent, the feathers of which are 



of a pale yellowifh white : above and beneath the eyes is a 



pale band*, and another on the wing coverts parallel to the 



edge : the quills are black : the tail rounded, compofed of twelve 



feathers f ; the fix middle ones banded with brown : the three 



outer ones on each fide white, barred with dufky ; all but the 



two middle ones marked more or lefs at the end with black : 



legs yellow : knees very thick, as if fwelled : the outer toe 



united to the middle as far as the firft joint : the claws are 



black. 



This bird is common to three parts of the globe, being found P^ace and. 



t i_ i- r- Manners, 



in Europe, Africa, and Afia ; but I believe not farther north than 



England, of which Norfolk J, Hampfhire, and Lincoln/hire feem 



the places moft frequented by it. It is alfo in tolerable plenty in 



fome parts of Kent, frequenting the rifing (lopes and hills on 



each fide of the whole vale between Dartford and Farningham, 



and beyond, efpecially the parts which are ftony and dry [|. It 



makes no neft, but lays two or three cinereous white eggs, two 



inches and a quarter long,, blotched and as it were fcratched 



with blackifh olive brown, and in fome fpecimens mixed with 



» I cannot find the bare fpace, which Brijfon, Pennant, and others fay is under 

 the eyes ; as in my fpecimen, and in others which I have feen, thefe parts are 

 well covered with feathers. 



f Haffelquift fays thirteen. 



\ Hence called Norfolk Plover. 



J Salerne obferves, that poor land, in fome parts,, is called Curlew-land. 



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