LONG-LEGGED PLOVER. 
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y*''y slightly forked, and of a dingy white ; the 
hgj'o''®^’'“®Ls reach to the tij) of the tail below; line 
®R*’iculars, back j)art of the neck, 
'' itli ( whole wings, deep black, richly glossed 
ttie ’ ^‘'8'*'' naked thighs, a hue pale carmine ; 
'‘alt uieasures three, the former four inches and a 
*®Doth, exceedingly thin, and so flexible that 
Ijfjj^l . 'y be bent considerably without danger of 
W i.i ‘'"'S' This thinness of the leg enables the bird to 
"adcu-it' 
the 
•ed ®^pedition, and without fatigue. P’eet, three- 
outer toe connected to the middle one by a 
bey 'Womhrane; wings, long, extending two inches 
'■■•fll shai'p pointed ; irides, a bright 
bre„ ; pupil, black. In some the white from the 
''lack ^^'•fiods (piite round the neck, separating the 
bla„i..‘’/ tl>e hind neck from that of the body; claws, 
■p, "'ll horn. 
in jj ®. lomale is about half an inch shorter, and differs 
atilt 'i**'’ plumage of the upper back and scapulars, 
®lorua a tertials, of a deep brown colour. The 
taine/^ or gizzard, was extremely muscular, and con- 
a is]- l^agincnts of small snail shells, winged bugs, and 
aqn^t'^ Matter, supposed to be the remains of some 
"P'var'^l ’''"’’MS' In one of these females I counted 
as lay,, "1, one hundred and lifty eg 
and ;.°® ns buck shot. 
I, some of them 
The singular form of the legs 
the exception of the hind toe and one 
■•voset*^^"^ of the foot, is exactly like those of the 
luite J ^''® upper curvature of the bill, though not 
tound ®. ®'^®‘*1'> Is also the same as in the other, being 
**niUe “"'1 tapering to a delicate point in the 
N IS 
'® Uranner, 
apering 
In short, a slight comparison of the 
^''nt satisfy the most scrupulous observer 
''Ure has classed these two birds together. 
