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by Willughby, p. 2-94 of his Ornithology,
where he has colleded what other au-
thors have faid of it. I find no figure
of it, except a bad one in Gefner: See
his Phceopus alter, Arquata minor, No-
menclat. Avium, Ordo odavus, p. 103.
The Paper-Mofs is drawn of its na-
tural fize: the blades of it are very thin,
and branched as the figure fhews them,
their furfaces being covered with little dots
or points: the colour is light brownifh-
yellow. It was brought by an India
fhip from the ifland of St. Helena. Mr.
Ellis, in his Natural Hiftory of Coral-
lines, has given two different fpecies
nearly refembling this. See the Narrow-
leaved Hornwrack, plate xxviii. and the
Paper-Mofs, plate xxxviii.   Both the
Bird and Mofs were worked on the plate
immediately from nature.
C H A P. XCVII
7ie Grey Coot-footed Tringa.
T HHIS bird is figured on the plate
T   of the fize of life, and was engraved
diredly from nature.   The little figure
fhews its appearance with the wings
fpread.
fon Ornithologie, oz il a remaff" ce que d'au-
tres auteurs en ont dit *.  )e nen trouve de
figure que dans Gefner, qui en donne une
tres mauvaife t.
La Mou/fe de Papier eJf deJinee de fa
grandeur naturelle: les feuilles en jont
tres minces, et branchues, comme la figure
les repretJente: leurs furfaces font couvertes
de petites marques ou de points: la couleur
en eJf d'un jaune tirant fur le gris clair.
Elle a ete' apportee de l'iJle de S. He'lne,
par un va/freau des Indes.     M. Ellis en a
donne, dans fon     HiJloire  Naturelle   des
Coralines, deux efp e's difjirentes ajez  ap
prochantes de celle-ci +. L'Oifeau et la
Mou/Je ont etc travailles fur     la planche
imme'diatement d'apre's nature.
* Ornithol. pa. 294.
t Voy. Pheop. alt. Arquata Minor, Nomenclat. Avi.
Ordo odavus, pa. io3.
t Voy. le Vrac Cornu a Feuilles itroites, pl. xxviii.
et la Mouffe de Papier, pl. xxxviii.
P L A. 308.
Tringa Gris de Fer, au Pied de
Poule d'Eau, effece de Becaffine.
CE T1 oieau eJI repreiente' Jur la plancle
de fa   grofeur naturelle,  et a   te
grave' immediatement    d'apre's le fujet
mimem La petite figure montre comment
l'oifeau paraft ayant les ailes &endues.