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fiu iky and white. The legs are bare of feathers 
above the knees (as they are in mod: birds, who 
wade in {hallow waters), and of an alh-colour. 
I believe no difcovery of this bird has been made 
till now : and it is very probable there are many 
more fpecies of birds in this illand, that have hitherto 
efcaped the notice of curious inquirers. Mr. Ray, 
in a book by him published, London, 1674. called, 
A Collection of English Words, &c. with a Cata- 
logue of Englifh Birds and Fifhes, £?<r. after nam- 
ing the coot in his catalogue of birds, p. 92. fays, 
<c Mr. Johnfon of Brigna, near Grota-bridge in York- 
tc fhire, {hewed me a bird of the coot kind, fcallop- 
“ toed, not much bigger than a black-bird.” As fo 
little is faid by Mr. Ray, one can hardly determine 
any thing concerning the bird he mentions : and ’tis 
plain he thought this note fcarce worth notice, as he 
hath not preferved it in the Ornithology iince by him 
publidied. Nor can I believe it was the bird now 
before us ; for he fays it was not much higger than a 
black-bird ; which implies, that it was fomething 
bigger. And, on reading his defcription of the black- 
bird, I find he makes it to weigh four ounces ; confe- 
quently it is four times the weight of the bird above 
defcribed by me : for my obliging friend, Mr. Florifi, 
who fent me this bird, fays in his letter, that, when 
newly killed, it weighed one ounce. Therefore I 
am inclined to think, that the bird Mr. Ray has fo 
{lightly mentioned, is a bird not as yet fully dis- 
covered. I am. Reverend Sir, 
Your moft humble Servant 
College of Phyficians, Lond. 
May the 3d, 1757. 
Geo, Edwards. 
Vol, 50. 
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