6 
BRITISH BIRDS. 
OF THE OrSTER^CATCHER. 
Its bill is long, comprefled and cuneated at the 
end ; noflrils linear ; tongue fcarcely a third of the 
length of the bill ; toes, three in number, all placed 
forwards, the exteriors united to the middle by a 
ftrong membrane, as far as the firfl joint. 
This feparate and fmgle genus of birds, though 
no where numerous, is widely difperfed over the 
globe, being met with in every country which tra«» 
vellers have vifited. 
