11 E D-BRE AST E D GODW1T, 
the inner coverts are dark ash, or blackish : 
the smaller ones, near the ridge, are tipped 
with white. The lower part of the neck, the 
breast, and belly, are of a reddish orange- 
colour, with small transverse lines of black on 
the sides, thighs, and coverts under the tail, 
some light ash-colour is intermixed with the 
orange and black. The legs are bare of fea- 
thers above the knees. The outer and middle 
toe are connected by a membrane a little way. 
This tribe of birds has it's toes pretty broad 
and flat at their bottoms, the better to support 
them from sinking in sand and wet grounds, 
such as they frequent. The legs, feet, and 
claws, are black." 
Buff on gives a very slight description of this 
bird ; which, he tells us, is seen on the coasts 
of France. It is found also, he observes, in 
the north, as far as Lapland : and, as it also 
occurs in America, and was sent from Hud- 
son's Bay to England, it affords another in- 
stance of those water-fowls which are com- 
mon to the northern extremities of both con- 
tinents. 
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