BRITISH BIRDS, 87 
whitifli ftreak paffes over each eye : the quill fea- 
thers are dulky, plain on the outer webs, but the 
inner ones are fpeckled with white fpots : the tail is 
white, crofled with dark waved bars : the legs are 
long, bare about two inches above the knees, and 
of a dark green colour: the outer toe is con- 
nefted by a membrane to the middle one as far as 
the firft joint. 
This fpecies is not numerous in England, but 
they appear in fmall flocks, in the winter feafon, on 
the fea-fhores and the adjacent marflies ; their fum- 
mer refidence is in the northern regions of RulHa, 
Siberia, &c. where they are faid to be in great plen- 
ty ; they are alfo met with in various parts of both 
Afia and America. Their flefh, like all the reft of 
this genus, is well-flavoured, and efteemed good 
eating. 
The above figure and defcription'were taken from 
a fluffed fpecimen in the Wycliffe Mufeum, 
