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7 he Coot-footed Tringa. 
T~’ HIS Bird is here figur’d of the natural Bignels ; it is for SJiape 
-a. Size, and general Colouring, like the Leffer Tringa, or Stint 
defcrib d in Willughby, the chief Difference being in the Feet which 
are border’d with fcollop’d Fins, as in the Bald Coot ; the Bill ’is lone 
pretty flender, and of a black Colour, a little bowed downward at t£ 
Point of the upper Mandible ; the Eyes are placed pretty far from the 
Bill, as they are in moft of this Kind ; the Crown of the Head is Black • 
the Sides of the Head, all round the Eyes, round the Bale of the Bill 
and Chin, are White ; the whole Neck is of a faint Afh-colour, a very 
little inclining to Bloffom-colour ; the Breaft, Belly, Thighs, and Covert- 
feathers under the Tail are White; the lower Part of the Neck behind 
the whole Back, Wings, and Tail, are of a dark dirty Brown-colour 
tho the very Borders of the Feathers are fringed with a lighter Colour ’ 
the greater or outer Quills are almoft black, having white Shefts or Stems’ 
the middle Quills have white Tips and Borders pretty narrow, the inner 
or thofe next the Back, of the fame Colour with it; the Covert-feathers 
next, above the Quills, are tip’d with White pretty deep, which form a 
broad white Bar acrofs the Wing, the under Side of the Tail is Afii- 
colour ; the Legs are of a middling Length, bare above the Knees for a 
good Space ; it hath four Toes ftanding after the ufual Manner, the three 
forward Toes have fcollopd Fins on each Side, according to the num- 
u ^ Joints in each Toe, the Indentures falling in upon every Joint, fo 
that the Fins are not difturbed or ruffled by the bending of the Joints 
tne back Toe is fmall ; both Legs and Feet are of a Lead-colour; it hath 
black Claws. I look on this Bird’s Feet to be very fingular, no Bird of 
the bnipe or having any thing like them. 
It was given me by Mr. Alexander Light, a curious Perfon, now re- 
fiding in Hudfons Bay, whither he was fent by the Hudfons Bay Com- 
pany. He told me it came on board a Ship failing on the Coaft of 
Maryland, a good Difiance from Shore, in an Off-land Wind. 
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