/ 
CLOVEN - FOOTED. 
biting woods, I change it to the more comprehenfive one of 
Snipe, which fignifies a long bill. 
Bill, ftrait, flendcr, and not an inch and a half long. 
Nostrils, fmalh 
Tongue, (lender. 
Toes, divided; generally the two out mod connected at bottom 
by a fmall membrane. 
Purr Br. Zool. II. tab. LXXI. 
Inhabits all the quarters of the world ; but in greateft plenty in 
the Northern. 
T ringa of Linnaeus ; Vanellus , Aren aria, Glareola, and Pringa of 
Brijfon V. 94. 132. 141. 177. including XXXV fpecies. 
Bill, ftrait, as (hort as the head. 
Nostrils, linear. 
Tongue. 
Toes. Wants the back toe. 
Dotterel Br. Zool. II. tab . LXXIII. 
Charadrius of Linnaeus, Pluvialis of Brijfon V. 43. and Himan- 
topus and OJlralega 33. and 38. Linnaeus has XII. Ch. Brijfon 
XV. PL II. Himan. 
Bill, long, comprefted, the end cuneated. 
Nostrils, linear. 
Tongue, fcarce a third the length of the bill. 
Toes, only three; the middle joined to the 1 exterior by a (thong 
membrane. 
K .2 Sea- 
41 
LXVIII. SAND- 
PIPER. 
Ex. 
LXIX. PLOVER. 
Ex. 
LXX. OYSTER^ 
CATCHER. 
