CO-OT-FOQTED TRll^GA. 
inches long, and slightly swelled and bent near 
the point. It*s feet are deeply fringed, like 
those of the Coot, with a membrane in fes- 
toons, the knots of which correspond also to 
the articulations of the toes. The upper sur- 
face of the head, neck, and body, is grey, 
waved gently on the back with brown and 
blackish. It has a white neck-piece, inclosed 
by an orange-rufous line ; below it, the neck 
is encircled with grey ; and ail the under side 
of the body is white, Willughby says, he 
was informed that this bird has the shrill cla- 
morous voice of the Sea-Swallows: but,'" 
concludes Bufton, *^ he did wrong to range it 
with these Swallows; especially, as he re- 
marked' it's analogy to the Coot." 
The above, though given by Buffon, as the 
entire general description of this species; 
seems, in fact, confined to the Cock Coot- 
Footed Tringa, of Edwards, by whom it is 
more particularly described. 
Edwards had originally described the Ken 
Coot-Footed Tringa: which, he observed, he 
had received from Hudson's Bay ; and looked 
on 
