British zoology . the tail are brown :the fide feathers white, marked with dulky lines :the whole under fide, from neck to tail, is white,marked with dusky fpots : the female has noneof thefe fpots, except on the throat: the legs ofa dusky flelh color. Mr. Edwards imagines thefeto be birds of paffage; the bird he toke his de-fcription from was fhot in EJJex. 197. Black. T\/FR» Bolton favored us with a defcription of this *? fpecies fhot in It was the fize of a thrum : the beak fhort, blunt at the point and dusky : the noftrils black :the irides yellow: the head fmall and
British zoology . the tail are brown :the fide feathers white, marked with dulky lines :the whole under fide, from neck to tail, is white,marked with dusky fpots : the female has noneof thefe fpots, except on the throat: the legs ofa dusky flelh color. Mr. Edwards imagines thefeto be birds of paffage; the bird he toke his de-fcription from was fhot in EJJex. 197. Black. T\/FR» Bolton favored us with a defcription of this *? fpecies fhot in It was the fize of a thrum : the beak fhort, blunt at the point and dusky : the noftrils black :the irides yellow: the head fmall and flatted attop: the color white, mod elegantly fpotted withgrey: the neck, moulders, and back mottled inthe fame manner, but darker, being tinged withbrown ; in fome lights thefe parts appeared of aperfect black and glofly : the wings were long :the quil-feathers black, crofTed near their bafewith a white line: the throat, bread, and bellywhite, with faint brown and black fpots of a longifh Il I. XX. G A M B E T. Class II. TURNSTONE. longifh form, irregularly difperfed; but on thebelly become larger and more round; the tailfhort, entirely white, except the two middle fea-thers, which are black: the legs long and (lender,and of a reddifh brown color. Tringa Gambetta. Lin. fyfi. Totanus ruber. Brijon, V. 248. Faun. Suec. No. 177. 192. Scopoli, No. 142. Gambetta. Wil. orn. 300. Tringa varieguta. Brunnicb, ;v. 117. Aldr*a<vt No. 181. :98. Gam-bet. TpHIS fpecies is of the fize of the Green-Jhank :?* the head, back, and bread cinereous brown,fpotted with dull yellow: the coverts of the wings,fcapulars, cinereous, edged with yellow: the pri-maries dusky : the fhaft of the firft feather white :belly white: tail dusky, bordered with yellow:legs yellow. This fpecies has been fhot on the coafl of Lin-cohjhire. Turnftone, or Sea Dottrel. Wil. orn. Carol, f. Marinus. Rait fyn. a<v. 112. La Coulon-chaud, Arenaria. 199. Turn- Brijfon a<v. V. 132. ST
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