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habits Scandinavia, Greenland, Lapland, &c., 
where it breeds. The eggs are of a pale bluish 
green, spotted with orange brown, and are not 
more than four or five in number. Its habits are 
similar to those of the common Redpole. 
REDSHANK, COMMON. 
ToTanus CALIpRIs, Hem. 
The Redshanks are generally dispersed along 
the shores in winter, chiefly frequenting muddy 
and sandy places, and in summer resorting to the 
inland marshes and pools. It often wades into 
the water in quest of food, for which it also probes 
the sand and mud. It is a suspicious and vigilant 
bird, remarkably active and vociferous. It has a 
rapid wavering flight, and when standing its body 
is kept continually vibrating. Its nest, which is 
very slight in structure, may generally be found 
in a hollow, and it lays ron egos of a pale greenish 
orey hue, marked and blatehed with reddish 
brown and blackish brown spots. 
REDSHANK, Sg beh Bi 
Dusky ReEpsHAnk. 
ToTanus Fuscus, Flem. 
This species is not of rare occurrence in Eng- 
land during the winter season; but though it has 
