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of a Baldnefs on the Forehead , as in the 
Bald-Coot . 
The Purple Water-Hen. Page 87 
The Spur-winged Water-Hen. 48 
The little American Water-Hen. 144 
Whole-footed BIRDS, with only three 
Toes, all {landing forwards, whofe 
general Character is, to have fhort 
Wings ; tho’ the firft of them is a very 
long wing’d Bird. 
The Albatrofs. 88 
The Northern Penguin. 147 
The [potted Greenland Dove. 50 
The black Greenland Dove. 50 
The J mall black and white Divers. 9 r 
Whole-footed BIRDS, having four Toes, 
which are all webb’d together. 
The Pelican. 92 
The Pelican of America. 93 
The Tropick-Bird. 149 
Whole footed BIRDS, call’d Pete- 
r 1 l s, having only three Toes, {land- 
ing all forwards, and a fmall Spur, or 
Claw on the Heel ; which is a Thing 
not before taken Notice of. 
The great black Peteril. 89 
The white mid black [potted Peteril. 90 
The little Peteril. 90 
A Whole footed BIRD, with the back 
Toe loofe, having a narrow Bill, hook- 
ed at the End, and toothed on the 
Edges, called in Latin Mergi . 
The Rcd-breafted Goofander. 93 
Southern Penguins, whofe Charac- 
ter.iflic Diflindtions are, the having 
longifh flraight Bills, compreffed Side- 
ways, and a little grooved and hooked 
at the Points of the upper Mandibles ; 
having fmall Wings, or rather Paddles, 
cover’d with minute {tiff Feathers, 
which refemble that Sort of Fifh-Skin 
call’d Shagreen ; the having no Tail ; 
the having Feet of a Structure peculiar 
to themfelves, viz. four Toes on a 
Foot, all {landing forwards, the three 
greater webbed together as in Ducks, 
the fmalleft and innermoft on each 
Foot being detached or loofe. 
The Penguin, with red Feet. Page 49 
Two Sorts of Black footed Penguins. 94 
D u c k e r s, or Loons. 
And firfl, of Cloven-footed Duckers that 
have no Tails. 
The eared,, or horned Dob-Chick. 145 
The eared Dob-Chick, fuppofed to be the 
Hen of the foregoing. 96 
The black and white Dob-Chick. 96 
Whole footed D u c k e r s, with Tails. 
The fpeckled Diver, cr Loon. 146 
The Red-throated Ducker, or Loon, jup- 
pofed to be the Hen of the preceding. 97 
Gulls, differing from the common 
Sort in having their Bills hooked at 
the Point ; and in having their Legs 
fomething longer, and their Toes 
fhorter. They may be looked upon as 
a Genus intermediate to the Gull and 
Peteril Kinds, having Bills like the 
Peterils , except in the Pipe-like Nof- 
trils, and a fmall back Toe, fuch as is 
common to the Gull- Kind. The Saw- 
like Edge on the hinder Part of the 
Legs, belongs to neither of the above 
Genera. 
The Artick-Biid, fuppofed to he the Cock. 
148 
The Artick-Bird, fuppofed to be the Hen. 
149 
Swans. 
The Head of the tame Swan. 150 
The wild Swan, called alfo an Elk and 
Hooper. j 50 
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