. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 115. THE PURRE, {Trlnga Cinclus, Lin.—U Alouette de Mer, BufF.) In the north of England these birds are called Stints,in other parts, the Least Snipe, Ox-Bird, Ox-Eye, Bulls-Eye, Sea-Lark, and Wagtail: they generally measureabout seven inches and a half in length, and in breadthabout fourteen ; but sometimes they weigh and measurerather more. The bill is black, grooved on the sides ofthe upper mandible, and about an inch and a quarter inlength : tongue of nearly the same length, sharp andhard at the point : a whitish
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 115. THE PURRE, {Trlnga Cinclus, Lin.—U Alouette de Mer, BufF.) In the north of England these birds are called Stints,in other parts, the Least Snipe, Ox-Bird, Ox-Eye, Bulls-Eye, Sea-Lark, and Wagtail: they generally measureabout seven inches and a half in length, and in breadthabout fourteen ; but sometimes they weigh and measurerather more. The bill is black, grooved on the sides ofthe upper mandible, and about an inch and a quarter inlength : tongue of nearly the same length, sharp andhard at the point : a whitish line runs from the browover each eye, and a brownish one from the sides of themouth to the eyes, and over the cheeks : the fore part ofthe neck is pale ash colour, mottled with brown; thehead, hinder part of the neck, upper part of the back,and the scapulars, are brownish ash colour, but the mid-dle of the feathers on these parts is dark brown ; hencethere is a more or less mottled and streaked appearance indifferent birds. The scapular feathers, next the back,are deep brown
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