. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . efore been noticedin refped of others of this genus, they all differedin a greater or lefs degree from each other, f * It is foitiewhat remarkable that birds of different fpecies,fuch as the Ring-dottrel, Sanderling, &c. which afTociate withthe Purre, Dunhn, &c. fhould underftand the fignal, which,from their wheeling about altogether with fuch promptitudeand good order, it would appear is given to the whole flock. f In a variety of this fpecies, obligingly prefented by , Efq. of Ripon, the bill was bent a little downward
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . efore been noticedin refped of others of this genus, they all differedin a greater or lefs degree from each other, f * It is foitiewhat remarkable that birds of different fpecies,fuch as the Ring-dottrel, Sanderling, &c. which afTociate withthe Purre, Dunhn, &c. fhould underftand the fignal, which,from their wheeling about altogether with fuch promptitudeand good order, it would appear is given to the whole flock. f In a variety of this fpecies, obligingly prefented by , Efq. of Ripon, the bill was bent a little downward j,and the fore part of the neck and the breaft were of a pale red-difli buff colour : in other refpedts it did not differ materially. There is reafon to fufpeft that fome ornithologitts have de-nominated this bird the Dwarf Curlew; and probably theCincle, or LAlouette de Mer, of Buffon, and the variety ofthe Purre, defcribed by Latham, only differ from the fpecimeuwhence the above drawing was taken, in age or fex. II. t Q 122 BRITISH LITTLE STINT. LITTLE SANDPIPER, OR LEAST SNIPE.{Tnnga f>u/i!la, Lin.—La petite Alouette de Mer, BnlTon.) This bird, the leaft of the Sandpiper tribe, in itsfigure and plumage nearly refembles the laft twokinds. It weighs twelve pennyweights troy, andmeafures in length, extended, from the point of thebeak to the end of the tail, nearly fix inches ; fromtip to tip of its wing, about eleven inches and ahalf; and the bill, to the corners of the mouth, isfive-eighths of an inch. The fdathers on the crownof the head are black, edged with rufl colour: itis marked, like moll of the genus, by a light ftreakover each eye, and a darkifh fpot below and beforethem : the throat, fore part of the neck, and bellyare white; and the breaft is tinged with pale red. BRITISH BIRDS. 12 difli yellow : the fhoulders and fcapulars are black,edged with white on the exterior webs of each fea-ther, and on the interior with ruft colour: backand tail dulky:
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