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The Hiflory ^/'ANIMALS, 
Tringa luieo cinereoque maculata , pedibus rubris. 
The red-legged Tringa , fpotted with yellow and grey, 
1 his is about the bignefs of the fieldfare: the head is fmall and rounded; the earsi 
are large and patulous j the eyes are fmall, but their afpe& is bright and piercing, and 
their iris of a hazel colour: the beak is moderately long, obtufe, and throughout of 
a red colour : the bafe brighter ; the extremity darker than the reft. 
The head is of a bright grey, variegated with ftreaks and clouds of a tawny yel¬ 
lowish; the back, tides, Shoulders, and coverings of the wings are mottled in a very 
agreeable manner, with grey and black : the breaft and belly are white, but not per¬ 
fectly or purely fo: the anterior part of the breaft, in particular, is variegated with 
tawny Spots: the wings are large, and their long feathers are of a deep colour, but not 
without variegations; the tail is ftiort and grey, but alfo clouded* 
The legs are long, flender, and throughout of a bright red; the toes long, and the 
claws obtufe : the hinder toe is inconfiderable, but it has it's claws like the reft and 
black. 
This is a native of the northern parts of Europe, but not, that I have discovered, of 
England. I have received Specimens of it from Denmark. Few of the writers on birds 
have defcribed it. 
Tringa nigro ferrugineo et albo variegata . 
The black , brown , and white mottled Tringa . 3T0lit* 
This is of the bignefs of the thrufh : the head is fmall and rounded, but a little 
flatted on the crown : the ears are broad and patulous; the eyes fmall, piercing in 
their afpeft, and their iris is orange-coloured : the beak is fhort, obtufe at the point/ 
and black; the noftriis are oblong and pervious. * 
The head is white, variegated with a great many large Spots of grey : the neck, 
fhoulders, and back are mottled in a very elegant, though perfectly irregular, manner, 
with grey, white, and a ferrugineous colour ; the grey is fo very deep, that it appears at 
a little diftance quite black : the wings are long; the principal feathers are black, ex¬ 
cept that they have Some whitenefs toward the bafe : the tail is fhort, and it’s feathers 
are white both at their bafe, and at the extremity, except only the two middle ones. 
The legs are long, flender, and red; the thighs are naked half the way up : the 
toes are four; they are moderately long, divided, and each armed with an obtufe 
black claw. 
This is a native of moil of the northern parts of Europe. We have it in the fens 
of Lincolnfhire, and fome other parts of England ; but it has been overlooked by the 
writers on birds, though the country people in thefe places are well acquainted with it. 
Tringa nigro-fufca rojlro nigro , pedibus virefcentibus, ^ 
The blackijh-brown Tringa , with a black beak , and ffti-V' 
6 J l&lofter. 
This is a beautiful bird : the head is fmall, and fomewhat deprefled on the crown j 
the ears are not very patulous: the eyes are fmall, and their iris hazel; the beak is 
moderately long, large at the bafe, obtufe at the point, and black; the noftriis are 
oblong and confpicuous, and the opening of the mouth is large. 
The head is of a deep iron grey, with a tinge of brown, and it is fpotted with 
fmall, but very numerous, fpots of black: the neck is of the fame colour, with the 
fame 
green legs . 
