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SENEGAL S.
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Place.
Parra Senegalla, Lin. Sjfi. i. p. 259. 2,
Le Vanneau armé du Senegal, Brif. Orn. v. p. 111. 6. pl. 10. üg. 2.—
Buf. Oif. viii. p. 62.— PL Enl. 362.
ÇJIZE of tht Lapwing : length twelve inches. Bill yellowifh
green, with the tip black : the forehead covered with a yellow
fkin, as in the Louifiane fpecies, but not taking in the eye 2
the forehead is white : chin and throat black :'the head and upper
parts of the neck, body, and lefler wing coverts, grey brown : the
under parts the fame, but paler : lower part of the belly, upper
and under tail coverts, dirty white : the greater wing coverts the
fame : quills black, more or lefs white at the bottom ; at the
bend of the wing a black fpur : tail, half way from the bafe,
dirty white; the reft of the length black, with pale rufous tips.
This fpecies inhabits Senegal.
It was perhaps thefe that interrupted Mr. Adanfon's fhooting,
as they alarmed all the birds within hearing by their cries. The
Negroes called them XJett Uett ; the French, Squallers -, becaufe,
as foon as they fee a man, they fet up a loud fcreaming, on which
all other birds take the hint, and fly off. He fays that they
always fly in pairs, and have a fpur on each wing *.
• See Voy. 8vo. p. 77.
Tringa gambetta, Lin. Syß» i. p. 248. y — Faun. Suec. 177- Scop,
Ann. i. 142.
Tringa variegata, Brun. N° 181.— Ma//i?r,N° 204.
Le Chevalier rouge, Brif. Orn. v. p. 192. 4.
La Gambette, Pl. Enl. 845.
Gambetta, Raii Syn. p. 107. 2.— Will. Orn. p. 300.
Red-legged Horfeman, Albin, ii. pi. 68. .
Gambet, Br. Zcol. N° 198. p l 70.— Ara. Zool. N° 394.
O IZE of the Greenjhank: length twelve inches. Bill of a reddifh
S colour, with a black t ip : the irides yellowilh green : head,
back, and breaft, cinereous brown, fpotted with dull yellow:
wing coverts and fcapulars cinereous, edged with dull yellow:
prime quills dulky j lhaft of the firft white: tail dulky, bordered
with yellow: legs yellow.
This inhabits England, but is not common: has been fhot on
the coaft of Lincolnjhire. Known in France; but is there a rare
bird. Has a note not unlike the whiffle of a Wlodcock■, and the
flelh is efteemed. Inhabits Scandinavia and Iceland ; called in
the laft Stelkr. It has alfo been taken in the Frozen Sea, between
Aft a and America.
Tringa Helvetica, Lin. Syft. i. p. Ii .-P h il . Tran/, vol. lxii. P -4>2;
Vanneau de Suifle, Brif. Orn. v. p. 106. 4. pl. i°- fig- *• B“f - V* vuu
p. 60.— PL EnL 853.
Swifs Sandpiper, Arä. ZooL N° 396.
Br. Muß Lev. Muß
^ and a quarter, and black, fwelling at the point: forehead
and neck white; the feathers of the laft dalhed with brown down
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