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THE SPOTTED REDSHANK. 



ToTANUS Fuscus (Linnjeus). 



On the autumn migration the Spotted or Dusky Redshank is of 

 somewhat irregular — though not altogether unfrequeni — occurrence 

 in Norfolk and other eastern counties, and birds assuming the 

 breeding-dress are still more common there in spring ; but south- 

 ward, even in the mild climate of Cornwall, this species is seldom 

 met with, and on the west side it is rare at any season. It is partial 

 to fresh or slightly brackish water, and has been found as far inland 

 as Nottinghamshire, but north of the Humber it is almost unknown 

 in England. It has occurred in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire, but 

 Messrs. Harvie-Brown and Buckley have not met with it in Caith- 

 ness, Sutherland, or the Outer Hebrides, and its reported appearance 

 in the Orkneys requires confirmation, while on the Scottish side of 

 the Solway Mr. Service is only aware of a single instance. In 

 Ireland one has been obtained near Belfast ; and between the years 

 1867 and 1888 Mr. R. Warren, of Ballina, has killed two and has 

 seen a few others on the Moy estuary, in autumn and winter. 



