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Tringa cinerea alis alho variegatis. 
The grey Tringa , with the wings fpotted with white . 
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This is of about the fize of the ftarling, or fomewhat lefs: the head is fmall 3 - 
oval, flatted, and comprefled at the Tides: the eyes are fmall, their iris hazel; the 
ears are patulous 5 the beak moderately long, and of a dufky colour $ the tongue has 
eight denticulations near it’s bafe, and there are alfo a number of others in the open¬ 
ing of the mouth, all pointing inwards : the head, the neck, and the back are of a 
very deep, dufky, and mixed colour, undulated with black, brown, and grey : the 
whole breaft, belly, and throat are white, without any variegation : the wings are 
large; their long feathers are twenty in each, and they are of the colour of the back, 
but variegated elegantly with fpots and lines of white. 
The tail is moderately long, and is variegated with black and white. 
We have this in the fens in the ifle of Ely, and it is common to many other parts 
of Europe, yet it has been little known to the writers on birds. It lives about waters, 
and runs very fwiftly, ufually moving it’s tail all the time, in the manner of the wag¬ 
tail. 
Tringa remigibus fufcis prima rachi nivea. 
The Tringa , with the wing feathers brown , the firji rib white . 
This is of the flze of the common black-bird : the head is large, comprefled at the 
lides, and rounded at the top : the eyes are moderately large; their iris is of a hazel 
colour, with fome tinge of the orange : the beak is moderately long, largeft at the 
bafe, obtufe at the extremity, and all the way black, except for fome whitifhnefs to¬ 
ward the bafe of the lower chap : the back is brown, with deep dufky fpots of a 
ferrugineous hue, approaching to black : the rump is white, but the feathers which 
compofe it have fome blacknefs toward their bafe : the breaft and belly are white. 
The wings are in general of the fame colour with the back, and are fpotted in the 
fame manner j but the principal feathers are brown, and the middle rib of the firft 
white, and there are fome other variegations of white, efpecially about their tips: the 
tail is moderately long, and is variegated with white and brown, difpofed in an un- 
dulatory manner; the outer feathers are indeed principally white: the legs are long, 
flender, and brown. 
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This is freqqent in Sweden, and in fome of the northern parts of Europe; it fome- 
times is found in England, but not in any degree of plenty, nor does it ftay the year. 
* Tringa nigra albo punSlata , pedibus virefcentibus. 
The black Tringa , fpotted with white and with green legs . 
This is of the fize of the common black-bird : the head is fmall, and comprefled a 
little at the lides, but not flatted on the crown ; the beak is moderately long and ob¬ 
tufe : the head, neck, back, and wings are black, fpotted with white : the breaft is 
of a whitifh colour, but fpotted with black j the belly is entirely white. 
The wings are long, and the principal feathers black, but many of them white at 
the edges and tips: the tail is moderately long, and of a variegated colouring; the 
black and white being laid, in an undulatory manner, one over another: the legs are 
moderately long, very flender, and of a bright olive or greenilh colour : the toes are 
flender, long, and green. 
It is frequent in many of the northern parts of Europe, but we have it not in England. 
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