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BIRDS. 
[Clafs II. 
ed with tranfverfe dulky lines : over each eye is 
a white ftroke : the bread and belly are of a pure 
white : the quil feathers are brown, the firft en¬ 
tirely fo, the nine next marked on the inner web 
with a white fpot : the middle feathers of the 
tail brown ; the exterior tipt with white: the legs 
of a dull pale green, 
SPECIES XI. The Dunlin. Plate £ 1. Fig. 2. 
Gallinago anglicana. Briffon av. V, 
3°o. 
IVil. orn. 205. 
Rail fyn. av. I0 9 - 
Tringa alpina. Lin. fyjt. 149. 
T HIS fpeciesis at once diftinguilhed from 
the others by the Angularity of its co¬ 
lors. The back, head, and upper part 
cf the neck are ferruginous, marked with large 
black fpots : the coverts of the wings alh-color : 
the belly white, marked with a black crefcent, 
pointing towards the thighs. The figure ex- 
prefles its fize. Thefe birds are found on fea- 
coafts ; but may be reckoned among the more 
rare kinds. 
SPECIES 
The Stint. Wil. orn. 305. 
Stint, in Suffex the Ox-eye. Rail 
fyn. av. 11 o. 
^ H I S bird is inferior in fize to the for¬ 
mer. The head and hind part of the 
neck are alh-colored,marked with dulky 
lines : a white ftroke divides the bill and eyes : 
the chin white : underfide of the neck mottled 
with brown ' the breaft and belly white : the co¬ 
verts of the wings alh-colored, edged with red- 
diih white ; in fome with dulky brown : the ^up¬ 
per part of the quil feathers dulky, the lower 
white : the two middle feathers of the tail dulky^ 
the reft of a pale brown, edged with white . the 
SPECIES XIII. The Scollop 
Grey Coot-footed Tringa. Edw. 
av. 308. 
Phil. TranfaSl. vol. 50. i 
R. Edwards obliged us with the fpe- 
cimen this was drawn from* but being 
dried and decayed, fame parts are not 
colored with the fidelity we could wilh : the defec- 
XII. The Purre. 
Cinclus. BriJJon av. V. 211. 
19. Fig. 1, 
legs of a dulky green. The bill an inch and a half 
long, llender and black. 
Thefe birds come in prodigious flocks on our 
fea-coafts during the winter : in their flight they 
perform their evolutions with great regularity ; 
appearing like a white, or like a dulky cloud, as 
they turn their backs or their breafts towards you. 
They leave our Ihores in Ipring, and retire to fome 
unknown place to breed. 
toe Sandpiper. Plate <£ 1. Fig. 3, 
Phalaropus. Brijpmav. VI. 12. 
Tringa lobata. Brunnich. ornith. 51, 
tive parts are the legs, back and wings ; the firft 
being of a lead color $ the edges of the feathers of 
the latter not fo deeply marked with yellow; the 
other parts are exadh Two notes diftinguilhes 
this 
