19 



RUFF. 



REEVE, (female.) FIGHTING RUFF. SHORE SANDPIPER. 



EQUESTRIAN SANDPIPER. 



YELLOW-LEGGED SANDPIPER. GREENWICH SANDPIPER. 



PLATE CLXXI. 



Machetes pugnax, . . . Gould. Selby. 



Tringa pugnax, .... Pennant. Montagu. 



Tringa equestris, . . . Latham. 



Tringa littorea, .... Linnjsus. Latham. 



Totanus cinereiis, . . . Beisson. 



The Reeve begins to lay the first or second week 

 in ]May, and the young are hatched the beginning of 

 June. The nest, made of coarse grass, is pLaced on 

 some hillock among the same, or sedge, or rushes. 



The eggs are subject to considerable variety; some 

 are of a beautiful green ground colour, others olive 

 brown, spotted with darker brown. They are four in 

 number. 



