. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^^:». S>^.- y^jr. s^.. ■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

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. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^^:». S>^.- y^jr. s^.. ■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,

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