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BRITISH BIRDS. 
LONG-LEGGED PLOVER. 
LONG-SHANKS, OR LONG-LEG. 
[CharaJrlus h'lmantopuSf Lin . — UEchaJfci Buff.) 
Its {lender black bill is two inches and a half 
long, from the tip of which to the end of the tail, 
it iheafures only about thirteen inches ; but to the 
toes, a foot and a half. The wings are long, mea- 
furing, from tip to tip, twenty-nine inches; irides 
red ; the crown of the head, back and wings, 
of a gloffy black ; tail light grey, except the two 
outfide feathers which are white ; as are all the 
other parts of its plumage, except a few du&y fpots 
on the back of the neck. Its long, weak and dif- 
proportionate legs are of a blood red, and meafiire, 
from the foot to the upper naked part of the thigh, 
about eight inches ; the toes are ihort, and the 
outer and middle ones are conneded by a mem^ 
brane at the bafe. 
