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480 The Hifiory a/’ ANIMALS. 
little variegation : the tail is ftiort j it conflfts of ten feathers, and they are black but 
variegated with tranfverfe lines of yellow: the legs are long and {lender 5 the thighs 
are covered more than half way down toward the knee, and the feathers of their up¬ 
per part are white. “ 
This is a native of many of the northern parts of Europe, but we have it not in 
England, 
Chciradrius peElore ferrugineo , torque albente . 
The Charadriusy with a Jerrugineous breajl^ and a white ring round 
the neck* 
This is of the bignefs of our jackdaw : the head is fmall, and flatted on the crown * 
the eyes are fmall, and the beak is fliort, ftraight, obtufe, and black : the head, neck, 
and back are of a pale grey ; the breafl: is of a reddifh-brown, a bright ferrugineous 
tinge : the belly is black; there is a fort of ring of white at the bottom of the neck, 
and a double line of white and black between the breafl: and belly : the legs are lon^ 
flender, and black. 6 5 ’ 
It is common in many parts of Europe, but we have it not in England. Few of 
the writers on birds have mentioned it. Albin calls it Morinellus, as have alfo fome 
others. 
Charadrius fronte nigricante , lineola alba . 
The Charadrius , with a black fronts and a white line on it* 
This is a very Angular and a very pretty bird j it is about the flze of the common 
lark, or, if any thing, a little larger: the head is large and rounded, and is very ele¬ 
gantly variegated with black and white : a black fpace appearing at the bafe of the 
beak, and, continuing itfelf along on each Ade, and a white one running from the in¬ 
terior corner of one of the eyes to the interior corner of the other: the hinder part 
of the head is grey ; the neck alfo is grey, but it has two ftreaks furrounding it in 
form of collars; the one white, and the other black: the back and the covering of 
the wings are of a pale grey; the breafl: and belly are white. 
It is frequent about our coafls, and in moft other parts of Europe. All the writers 
on birds have defcribed it. Jonfton calls it Charadrius $ Aldrovand, Charadrius flve 
Hiaticula; Marcgrave, Mutuiti Brafllienflbus, for it is common to that diftant part 
of the world. 
Charadrius abdomine rufefcente peElore cinereo. 
The grey-breajled and reddijh-bellied Charadrius . 
This is of the bignefs of the common Aeldfare : the head is large; the eyes fmall, 
and the beak fhort, obtufe, and black : the whole upper furface is of a dufky grey, 
fpotted with a reddifh-brown; the breafl: is of a bright and beautiful grey j the belly 
is reddifh : the legs are long, flender, and grey. 
It is a native of Sweden and Denmark, but we have it not in England, nor have 
any of the writers on birds mentioned it. Linnasus, in his Fauna Suevica, defcribes 
it; and we have had fpecimens fent over into England, which prove his accuracy in 
his defcription. 
BIRDS. 
