The Hiftory of ANIMAL S. 
lame variegations? but the fhoulders and back, as alfo the covering feathers of the 
rump and tail, are of a deep dufky brown, almoft black, and fcarce at all variegated : 
the breaft and belly are white. 
The long feathers of the wings are twenty-four in each? they are of a deep brown, 
approaching to black, but more or lefs variegated with white, efpecially about the 
edges, near the extremities? the covering feathers of the upper part of the wings have 
alfo fome tranfverfe variegations. 
The tail is moderately long, and confifts of twelve feathers? they are of a deep 
blackifh-brown, but variegated with tranfverfe ftreaks of white, narrow, and placed 
at a diftance from one another, except on the two middle ones, where they are 
broader, and ftand nearer : the lower part of the back is blacker than any other portion 
of the body, but the rump itfelf is white, like the breaft and belly. 
The legs are long, flender, and greenifh ? the toes are long and flender, and are. 
tranfverfely cut in form of the bodies of fome of the infe&s ? the claws are obtufe 
and black. 
This is found in moft of the northern parts of Europe, and has been defcribed by 
many, though not all the writers on birds. Ray and others call it Pluvialis cinerea. 
CHARADRIUS. 
"'HE beak of the Charadrius is of a figure approaching to cylindric, and is ob¬ 
tufe at the extremity, and fhort: the feet have only three toes, and thofe are 
connected. 
Charadrius nigro lutefcenteque var legato. 
\The variegated black and yellowifh Charadrius . 
33je green 
f&lofoet. 
This is of the bignefs of the common lapwing : the head is large and rounded ? the 
eyes are large, and of a very lovely afpedt ? the beak is fhort, but it is robuft, ftraight 
all the way, furrowed about the noftrils, and black: the neck is fhort, and the body 
flender: the head, neck, back, breaft, and belly are all of the fame colour, only that 
the breaft is paleft ? this, at a diftance, appears of a kind of green, and thence the 
bird has been named, but in reality it is a compleat variegation of black and yellow: 
the ground colour is black, the other has the variegation ? the middle of every feather is 
of the firft colour, the other is fprinkled and lineated about the edges: the colour on 
the breaft, where it is paler, fhews more of the green : the wings are long, and their 
principal feathers are variegated more or lefs with white, though the ground colour is 
the fame in them all : the tail is fhort? it confifts of twelve feathers of the fame co¬ 
lour with thofe of the back, and, when it is expanded, is round at the extremity • the 
legs are long and flender, and are naked above the knees, though they are black ? the 
toes are three ? they are moderately long, and the claws are black. 
This is frequent in our fen countries, and is efteemed a very delicate bird at the 
table. All the writers on birds have defcribed it. Ray calls it Pluvialis viridis, and 
almoft all the other writers among the moderns ufe the fame name. 
Charadrius nigro lutefcenteque variegatus peElore nigro • 
!The black-breafted , variegated Charadrius . 
This is of the fize of a pigeon : the head is large ? the eyes are fmall, but piercing ? 
the beak is fhort, obtufe, and robuft : the head, neck, back, and wings are nearly of 
the fame variegated colour with thofe of the grey plover, but the breaft in this fpe- 
cies is black ? and on the back there is fome white in the variegation, that is wanting 
in that of the other * the wings are large, and their long feathers are black, with but 
little 
