. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . and theouter and middle ones are connected by a mem-*brane at the bafe. BRITISH BIRDS. 5 Ornithologlfls mention only a few inftances ofthis fmgularly-looking fpecies having been metwith in Great-Britain 5* but it is common in othercountries. Lathamf fays, it is common in Egypt, beingfound there in the marlhes in Odober; its foodis faid to confift principally of flies. It is likewifeplentiful about the Salt Lakes, and often feen onthe fhores of the Cafpian Sea, as well as by therivers which empty themfelves into it; and in thefouthern
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . and theouter and middle ones are connected by a mem-*brane at the bafe. BRITISH BIRDS. 5 Ornithologlfls mention only a few inftances ofthis fmgularly-looking fpecies having been metwith in Great-Britain 5* but it is common in othercountries. Lathamf fays, it is common in Egypt, beingfound there in the marlhes in Odober; its foodis faid to confift principally of flies. It is likewifeplentiful about the Salt Lakes, and often feen onthe fhores of the Cafpian Sea, as well as by therivers which empty themfelves into it; and in thefouthern deferts of Independent Tartary: We havealfo feen it in Chinefe paintings; and it is knownat Madras, in the Eafl Indies. It is alfo often metwith in the warmer parts of America; is fome-times feen as far north as Connedicut, and alfo inJamaica. * Sir Robert Sibbald makes mention of two that were fliotin Scotland—Pennant of one that was fliot near Oxford—and©f five ethers which were fhot in Frincham pond in PHny fays it is a native of BRITISH BIRDS. OF THE OrSTER-CJTCHER, Its bill is long, comprefled and cuneated at theend; noftrils linear; tongue fcarcely a third of thelength of the bill; toes, three in number, all placedforwards, the exteriors united to the middle by aftrong membrane, as far as the firft joint. This feparate and fmgle genus of birds, thoughno where numerous, is widely difperfed over theglobe, being met with in every country which tra-vellers have vifited.
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