. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . Q !! 124 BRITISH TURNSTONE. SEA DOTTEREL, OR HEBRIDAL SANDPIPER.[Tringa interpreSf —Le Coulon-chaudy BufF.) This is a plump made, and prettily variegatedbird, and meafures about eight inches and a quarterin length: the bill is black, ftraight, ftrong, andnot more than an inch in length: the ground colourof the head and neck is white, with fmall fpots onthe crown and hinder parts; a black llroke croffesthe forehead to the eyes ; the auriculars are form-ed by a patch of the fame colour, which, pointingforward to the corners
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . Q !! 124 BRITISH TURNSTONE. SEA DOTTEREL, OR HEBRIDAL SANDPIPER.[Tringa interpreSf —Le Coulon-chaudy BufF.) This is a plump made, and prettily variegatedbird, and meafures about eight inches and a quarterin length: the bill is black, ftraight, ftrong, andnot more than an inch in length: the ground colourof the head and neck is white, with fmall fpots onthe crown and hinder parts; a black llroke croffesthe forehead to the eyes ; the auriculars are form-ed by a patch of the fame colour, which, pointingforward to the corners of the mouth, and fallingdown, is fpread over the fides of the breaft, whenceafcends another branch, which, like a band, goes BRITISH BIRDS. ^25 about the lower part of the neck behind. * Theback, fcapulars, and tertials are black, edged v/ithrufty red; leflfer coverts of the wings cinereousbrown; greater coverts black, edged with ferrugi-nous, and tipped with white: primary and fecon-dary quills black, the latter white at the ends: therump and tail coverts are white, crofled
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