BRITISH BIRDS. 
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freckled brown, and barred on the inner webs to their 
tips with the latter colour; the tail is barred nearly 
in the same way. The legs are covered to the toes 
with yellowish soft feathers spotted with brown ; the 
toes are without feathers, and are also brown. The 
stuffed specimen of this rare and curious little bird, 
from which our figure and description were taken, was 
sent to the author by Mr Charles Fothergill, late of 
York : another of the same kind is now in the museum 
of P. J. Selby, Esq. of Twizell House, Northumber- 
land. There is also one in the museum of the Horn 
Mr Liddell, of Ravensworth Castle. 
