. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . it with other birds,and other defcriptions, (no doubt taken with equalaccuracy) the truth of the obfervation fo oftenmade, that two birds even of the fame fpecies, arevery feldom exa£lly alike, will be proved. This elegant little bird breeds in this country, butthe fpecies is not numerous, yet they are frequentlyfeen in pairs during the fummer months; and are wellknown by their clear piping note, by their flight, byjerking up their tails, and by their manner of run- Vol. II. t O io6 BRITISH BIRDS» ning after their Infed prey on the pe
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . it with other birds,and other defcriptions, (no doubt taken with equalaccuracy) the truth of the obfervation fo oftenmade, that two birds even of the fame fpecies, arevery feldom exa£lly alike, will be proved. This elegant little bird breeds in this country, butthe fpecies is not numerous, yet they are frequentlyfeen in pairs during the fummer months; and are wellknown by their clear piping note, by their flight, byjerking up their tails, and by their manner of run- Vol. II. t O io6 BRITISH BIRDS» ning after their Infed prey on the pebbly margins ofbrooks and rivers. The female makes her nefl in ahole on the ground near their haunts; her eggs,commonly five in number, are much mottled andmarked with dark fpots, on a yellowilh leave England in the autumn, but whitherthey go is not particularly noticed by ornithologifts,.BuiFon fays they retire far north ; and Pennant andLatham that they are met with in Siberia and Kamts-chatca, and are alfo not uncommon in North BRITISH BIRDS. 107 BROWN SANDPIPER. Fufca. Pennant defcribes this bird, which, he fays,was bought in the London market, and prefervedin the colleftion of the late M. Tunflall, Efq. ofWycllffe :— Size of a Jackfnipe: the bill is black:the head, upper part of the neck, and back, are ofa pale brown, fpotted with black: coverts of thewings dulky, edged with dirty white: underfide ofthe neck white, ftreaked with black: the bellywhite : tail ciaereous: legs black,
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