. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . he throat, fore part ofthe neck, the breast, belly, thighs and vent, are white;the toes and legs black, and bare a little above theknees. This bird is of a slender form, and its plumagehas a hoary appearance among the Stints, with which itassociates on the sea-shore, in various parts of GreatGreat Britain. It wants the hinder toe, and has, inother respects, the look of the Plover and Dotterel, towhich family it belongs. Latham says, this bird, like the Purre, and someothers, varies considerably, either from age or the sea-son J for
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . he throat, fore part ofthe neck, the breast, belly, thighs and vent, are white;the toes and legs black, and bare a little above theknees. This bird is of a slender form, and its plumagehas a hoary appearance among the Stints, with which itassociates on the sea-shore, in various parts of GreatGreat Britain. It wants the hinder toe, and has, inother respects, the look of the Plover and Dotterel, towhich family it belongs. Latham says, this bird, like the Purre, and someothers, varies considerably, either from age or the sea-son J for those he received in August, had the upperparts dark ash coloured, and the feathers deeply edgedwith a ferruginous colour ; but others sent him in Januarywere of a plain dove-coloured grey ; they diflered alsoin some other trifling particulars. * * The specimen from which this drawing and dcsci-iption weret-aken, was furnished by the Rev. H. Cotes, of Bedlington ; andit is the only one which the author has had an opportunity ofesacaining^ BIRDS. ^l. THE LONG-LEGGED PLOVER. LONG SHANKS, OR LONG LEG.[Charadrius himantopus, IJm.—UEchasse, BufF.) Its slender black bill is two inches and a half long,from the tip of which to the end of the tail it measuresonly about thirteen inches -, but to the toes a foot and ahalf. The wings are long, measuring, from tip to tip,twenty-nine inches •, irides red ; the crown of the head,the back and wings, of a glossy black ; tail light grcy, ex-cept the two outside feathers, which are white j as areall the other parts of its plumage, except a few duskyspots on the back of the neck. Its long, weak, and<lisproportionate legs are of a blood red, and measure,from the foot to the upper naked part of the thigh,about eight inches ; the toes are short, and the outerand middle ones are connected by a membrane at the base. Ornithologists mention only a few instances of this c 2 22 BRITISH BIRDS. singularly-looking species having been met with
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