l6o BRITISH BIRDS, 
three quarters in length, of a cinereous grey, fin- 
gularly marked with deep brownifh dark patches, 
of irregular fizes and fhapes, befides fome under 
markings of a dufky hue.’’ They keep near the 
fliore, wading about, up to the belly in the water, . 
and fometimes fwimming. In all their motions they 
are fmart, lively, and volatile, and do not remain 
long ftationary in one fpot. 
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