. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ■Ly/i-e ^ly^^e-e n^.a^a!Ze cy /e^i-iz/e Kj^fZ^. (^.dUr^^e^: ^yjy- ( 83 )The Tree Widdle. Numb. LXXXVIII. T ^ HIS Bird was about the bignefs of the Jack Snipe,Its Bill black, the Noftrils oblong, the Head andNeck of a pale duiky Colour, the Back and Wings fome-thing darker, the Quill-Feathers very dark, their exteriorEdges light j the Belly and Thighs are white, the Tail wasmade up of twelve Feathers, their upper Sides duiky, theirunder fide white: It was bare above Knee, the Legs
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ■Ly/i-e ^ly^^e-e n^.a^a!Ze cy /e^i-iz/e Kj^fZ^. (^.dUr^^e^: ^yjy- ( 83 )The Tree Widdle. Numb. LXXXVIII. T ^ HIS Bird was about the bignefs of the Jack Snipe,Its Bill black, the Noftrils oblong, the Head andNeck of a pale duiky Colour, the Back and Wings fome-thing darker, the Quill-Feathers very dark, their exteriorEdges light j the Belly and Thighs are white, the Tail wasmade up of twelve Feathers, their upper Sides duiky, theirunder fide white: It was bare above Knee, the Legs andFeet black, the back Toe very fmall: This Bird was (hotby a Gentleman near a Pond fide, and was brought me bythe name of the Tree U^iddie^ I believe this Name impofedon it is not right, I rather believe it to be the female Stentor Sanderling. See the Male Vol. the fecondy Numb, 74,. M ^ The ( H) Mr. Oldham\ Reve. Numb. LXXXIX. TH E Bill was long, ftreight, and of a dark afh Colour,almoft black , fome fmall white Feathers from the Billencompafs the Eyes, the Head, Neck and Backwere of a dufky brown |j the Scapular and covert Feathersof the Wings light brown, and full of fmall white Specks jthe Quill-Feathers dark brown, the Breaft, and Bellywhite, lightly tinged with yellowy the Tail was made upof twelve fhort white Feathers motled with black j the Legsand Feet are black, and bare above Knee. This Bird was fhot by Nathaniel Oldham Efquire, as itwas flying over his Gardens at Eling^ near Brantford inMiddkfex. I am inclined to believe it to be a Species ofthe Reve Kind, but very differing in the Colours of theFeathers and Legs,
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