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The Coot^footed Tringa, 
T HIS Bird is here figur’d of the natural Bignefs; it is for Shape, Size, and ge¬ 
neral Colouring, like the Lejfer ‘tringa , or the Stint, defcrib’d in Willoughby , the 
chief Difference being in the Feet, which are border’d with fcollop’d Fins, as in the 
Bald Coot ; the Bill is long, pretty flender, and of a black Colour, a little bowed down¬ 
ward at the Point of the upper Mandible; the Eyes are placed pretty far from the 
Bill, as they are in moft of this Kind; the Crown of the Head is Black; the Sides 
of the Head, all round the Eyes, round the Bafe of the Bill and Chin, are White; 
the whole Neck is of a faint Aih-colour, a very little inclining to Bloffom-colour ; 
the Bread, Belly, Thighs, and Covert-feathers under the Tail are White; the lower 
Part of the Neck behind, the whole Back, Wings, and Tail, are of a dark dirty 
Brown-colour, though the very Borders of the Feathers are fringed with a lighter 
Colour; the greater or outer Quills are almoft black, having white Shefts or Stems, 
the middle Quills have white Tips and Borders pretty narrow, the inner or thofe 
next the Back, of the fame Colour with it; the Covert-feathers next above the Quills, 
are tip’d with White pretty deep, which form a broad white Bar acrofs the Wing, the 
under Side of the Tail is Afh-colour ; the Legs are of a middling Length, bare above 
the Knees for a good Space; it hath four Toes Handing after the ufual Manner, the 
three forward Toes have fcollop’d Fins on each Side, according to the number of 
joints ineach Toe, the Indentures falling in upon every Joint, fo that the Fins are not 
difturbed or ruffled by the bending of the joints, the back Toe is fmall; both Legs 
and Feet are of a Lead-colour ; it hath black Claws. I look on this Bird’s Feet to 
be very fingular, no Bird of the Snipe or Tririga-kind. having any thing like them. 
It was given me by Mr. Alexander Light , a curious Perfon, now redding in 
Hudforis Bay , whither he was fent by the Hudfon s Bay Company. He told me it 
came on board a Ship failing on the Coafl of Maryland, a good Diffance from Ihore, 
in an QffTand Wind. 
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