Yana Feet are of a Lead- colour ; it hath black ( 
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"eP” Th Coot-rogTED TRINGA. 
ward at aN Point of ne uppe Der er jet i ce 3 a are e placed pretty far from the 
€ this nd; e Cnn of ue Head is Black; the Sides 
} ‘the E yes, roun the Bafe ne Bill and Chin, are White ; 
the whole Neen is fe . fa nt Ath: colour, a very little ee ue ee 
the Breaft, Belly, , id Co ert-feathers under the Tail are White; the lower 
Part of the Neck. beh La e whole | Back, elle and Tail, areofadark dirty 
Brown-colour, dl ou gh the ty Bord S, ‘of the Feathers are fringed with a lighter 
Colour; the great er or outer Q ills m an black, having white Shefts or Stems, 
the middle ¢ ve white Tip id Borders pretty narrow, the inner or thofe 
next the Back, 0 othe the fame Colour ‘with it; the Covert-feathers next above the Quills, 
are tip 'd a hite pretty deep, which form a broad white Bar acrofs the Wing, the 
under Side of the Tail is Ath-colour ; the Legs are of a middling Length, bare above 
_ the Knee ab a good Space ; ; it hath four Toes ftanding after the ufual Manner, the 
three fol rward Toes have feollop’d Fins on each Side, according to the number of 
Joints 1 in each T oe, the Indentures falling i in upon every Joint, fo that the Fins are not 
_difturbed or ruffled by the bending of cing back Toe is fall ; both Legs 
ick Cla aws. I look on this Bird’s Feet to 
be very fingular, no Bird of the Supe or Tringa-kind having any thing like them. 
Tt was given me by Mr. Alexander Light, a curious Perfon, now refiding in 
Hudfon's Bay, whither be was fent by the Hudjon's Bay Company. He told me it 
cemeon board a Ship fa ing on the Coatt of ae a eae from fhore, 
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