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BIRDS. [Clafs II. 
SPECIES V. The afli-colored Sandpiper. Plate £ i. Fig. i. 
Tringa cinerea. Brunnich ornith. 5 3. 
T H I S fpecies weighs five ounces : the 
length is ten inches : the breadth 
nineteen : the head is of a brownifh 
alh-color, fpotted with black : the whole neck 
alh-color, marked with dulky oblong dreaks : 
the back and coverts of the wings elegantly va¬ 
ried with, concentric^ femicircles of aih-color, 
black and white : the coverts of the tail barred 
with black and white : the tail alh-colored, edged 
with white : the bread; and belly of a pure white : 
the legs of a greenilh black : the toes bordered 
with a narrow membrane, finely fcolioped. 
Thefe birds appear on the Ihores of Flintjhire , 
in the winter time, in large flocks. 
SPECIES VI. The Redfnank. 
Redfhank, or Pool-fnipe. Wil. orn. 
299. 
Rail fyn. av. 107. 
Totanus. BriJJon av. V. 188. Tab. 
17. Fig. 1. 
Gallinula erythropus. Gejner av. 
504. 
Hoemantopus, magnitudine inter 
Vanellum et Gallinaginem mi- 
norem media. Ray’s itin. 247. 
HIS fpecies is found on mod: of our 
ihores : in the winter time it conceals 
itfelf in the gutters ; and is generally 
found Angle, or at mod in pair. 
It weighs five ounces and a half: the length 
is twelve inches : the breadth twenty-one : the 
bill near two inches long, red at the bafe, black 
towards the point. The head, hind part of the 
neck, and fcapulars are of a dulky a Hi-colour, 
obfcurely fpotted with black : the back is white, 
fprinkled with black fpots : the tail elegantly bar¬ 
red with black and white : the cheeks, under¬ 
lie of the neck and upper part of the bread are 
white, dreaked downward with dulky lines : the 
belly white : the exterior webs of the quil fea¬ 
thers are dulky : the legs long, and of a fine 
bright orange color. It breeds, as Mr. Ray ob- 
ferves, in the marlhes ; and flies round its ned 
when didurbed, making a noife like a Lapwing. 
SPECIES VII. 
Spotted Tringa. Edzv. av. 277. 
T HIS bird is common to Europe and 
America , according to Mr. Edwards's 
figure it is lefs than the preceding. The 
bill is of the fame colors with that of the red- 
The fpotted Sandpiper. 
T urdus aquaticus. Brijfon av. v.255. 
fhank : the head, upper part of the neck, the 
back, and coverts of the wings, are brown inclin¬ 
ing to olive, and marked with triangular black 
fpots ; above each eye is a white line: the greater 
, quil 
