. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . B6 BRITISH GREENSHANK. GREEN-SHANKED GODWIT, OR GREEN-LEGGED HORSE-MAN. ^Scolopaxglottis, Lin.—La Barge varlee, BufF.) The Greenfhankis of a flender and elegant jfhape,and its weight fmall in proportion to its length anddimenfions, being only about fix ounces, althoughit meafures from the tip of its beak to the end of itstail fourteen inches, and to the toes twenty; andfrom tip to tip of the wings, twenty-five. The billis about two inches and a half long, flrait andilender, the upper mandible black, the under red-difh at its b
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . B6 BRITISH GREENSHANK. GREEN-SHANKED GODWIT, OR GREEN-LEGGED HORSE-MAN. ^Scolopaxglottis, Lin.—La Barge varlee, BufF.) The Greenfhankis of a flender and elegant jfhape,and its weight fmall in proportion to its length anddimenfions, being only about fix ounces, althoughit meafures from the tip of its beak to the end of itstail fourteen inches, and to the toes twenty; andfrom tip to tip of the wings, twenty-five. The billis about two inches and a half long, flrait andilender, the upper mandible black, the under red-difh at its bafe. The upper parts of its plumageare pale brownilh afh-colour, but each feather ismarked down the Ihaft with a gloify bronze brown;the under parts, and rump, are of a pure white : a BRITISH BIRDS. 87 whitifh flreak paffes over each eye: the quill fea-thers are dulky, plain on the outer webs, but theinner ones are fpeckled with white fpots: the tail iswhite, croffed with dark waved bars: the legs arelong, bare about two inches above the knees, andof a daik green colour:
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