SCOLOPACID^.] 



COMMON REDSHANK. 



TOTANUS CALIDKIS (Linn^us). 



Figure 



Explanation of Plate. 



1. Rocldiffe Marsh, Cumberland, May 5, 1892. ^ 



2. Westmorland, May 19, 1881. 



3. St. Ola, Randall, Orkney, May 5, 1893. 



4. Cumberland, April 21, 1890. 



5. St. Ola, Kendall, Orkney, May 5, 1893. 



6. Cumberland, April 26, 1889. 



7. St. Ola, Rendall, Orkney, May 10, 1893. 



8. Holland, May 20, 1884. 



9. St. Ola, Rendall, Orkney, May 5, 1893. 



10. Westmorland, May 19, 1881. 



11. St. Ola, Rendall, Orkney, May 10, 1893. 



12. Ireland, May 22, 1883. y 



In collection of 

 H. Massey, Esq. 



The Redshank is a common resident in the British Islands, but is also 

 migratory in the spring and autumn. 



Me. H. Seebohm writes * : — " The Redshank is one of the commonest and best 

 known of all the Waders found in the British Islands. It is a resident, 

 freqiienting almost all parts of the coasts in autumn and winter, and retiring 

 more or less inland in summer, at which season it is generally distributed, though 

 somewhat local. It breeds in all suitable districts in England, especially in the 

 low-lying eastern counties ; and in Scotland it is even more numerous, extending 

 to the Hebrides, the Orkneys, and the Shetlands. In the latter islands it is, 

 however, only sparingly met with in the breeding-season. It is a common bird in 

 Ireland, frequenting the coast in winter, but retiring inland to breed. . . . 



" In consequence of the reclamation of so many of its favourite breeding- 

 grounds, the draining of marshes, and the cultivation of swampy wastes, the 

 Redshank is less numerous in summer in England than was formerly the case. 



' History of British Birds,' vol. iii. pp. 140-142. 



