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BRITISH BIRDS, 
BLACK SANDPIPER. 
Leucura, 
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Size of a Thrufli : the beak fliort, blunt at 
the point, and dufky : noftrils black : the irides yel- 
low : the head fmall, and flatted at the top : the co- 
lour white, mofl: elegantly fpotted with grey : the 
neck, fhoulders, and back mottled in the fame man- 
ner, but darker, being tinged with brown ; in fome 
lights thefe parts appeared of a perfed black, and 
glofly : the wings were long : the quill-feathers 
black, crofled near their bafe with a white line : the 
throat, breaft, and belly white, with faint brown 
and black fpots of a longifli form, irregularly dif- 
perfed ; but on the belly become larger and more 
round : the tail fliort, entirely^ white, except the 
two middle feathers, which are black: legs long 
and -flender, and of a reddifli brown colour.’’ This 
bird was fliot in Lincolnfliire ; and the defcription 
communicated to Mr Pennant by Mr Bolton, 
