Class II. RUFF. 457 



Avis pugnax. Aldr. arv. III. mer. BriJJhn av. v. 240. J 9 2 « Ruff. 



167. tab. 22. 



Wil. orn. 302. , Dam's Bruufhane. Bru7inich 9 



Raiijyn. a<v. 1 07. 168. 



Krofsier. Kram. 352. Streitfchnepfe, Rampfhaehn- 



Tringa pugnax. Lin.fyfi. 247. lein. Frifch, II. 232, 235. 



Brufhane. Faun. Suec.'fp. 175. Br. Zool. 123. Scopoli, No. 



Le Combattant, ou Paon de 140. 



THE males, or Ruffs, affume fuch variety of 

 colors in feveral parts of their plumage, 

 that it is fcarce pofiible to fee two alike j but the 

 great length of the feathers on the neck, that gives 

 name to them, at once diftinguifhes thefe from all 

 other birds. On the back of their necks is a fino;u- Descrip. 

 lar tuft of feathers fpreading wide on both fides. 

 Thefe, and the former, in fome are black; in 

 others white, yellow, or ferruginous ; but this tuft 

 and the ruffs frequently differ in colors in the fame 

 bird. The feathers that bear an uniformity of color- 

 ing through each individual of this fex, are the 

 coverts of the wings, which are brown inclining to 

 afh-color : the feathers on the. bread, which are 

 often black or dufky : the four exterior feathers 

 of the tail, which are of a cinereous brown •, and 

 the four middle, which are barred with black and 

 brown : the bill is black towards the end ; red at 

 the bafe. The legs in all, are yellow. In moulting 

 they lofe the character of the long neck-feathers, 

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