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Stour. The ordinary posture of the young Redsliank Is with 

 the head sunk back between the shoulders, the back of the 

 neck being void of feathers, like that of the Bittern." 



The Redshank is found, as might be expected, in Lincoln- 

 shire. Mr. Selby says it is comnaon in Durham and North- 

 umberland. Several have been killed in Cumberland. Mr. 

 Don says it breeds on the heaths of Forfarshire. Mr. Selby 

 says, " the Redshank was found breeding on the marshy mar- 

 gin of Loch Doulich, near Lairg, and at the head of Loch 

 Naver, in Sutherlandshire. When disturbed from its nest, 

 and as long as the young are unable to fly, the old birds are 

 very vociferous, and wheel around the intruder in circles, 

 making frequent stoops, as if to strike at the head, like the 

 common Lapwing." Redshanks are not numerous, according 

 to Mr. Dunn, either in the islands of Orkney or Shetland. 

 It is found in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, where it is a 

 summer visiter, appearing in April ; and also visits Lapland, 

 the Faroe islands, and Iceland. Dr. Richardson, in his 

 Fauna Boreali Americana, says, there is a Redshank in the 

 British Museum from Hudson*'s Bay. Pennant says it is 

 found eastward as far as Siberia, and M. Temminck says it 

 is found in Japan. 



In the south of Europe it is found in Provence and Italy. 

 The Zoological Society have received specimens in winter 

 plumage from Tangiers, and also from Trebizond, and Mr. 

 Strickland says it is a common bird in the marshes of 

 Smyrna. 



The Redshank can swim well, and sometimes perches on 

 trees. Montagu says it makes a slight nest with coarse grass 

 near the moist parts, or most boggy places in fens, and begins 

 to lay early in May : the egg is pale reddish white, tinged 

 with green ; blotched, spotted, and speckled with dark red 

 brown ; the length one inch six lines and a half, by one inch 

 and two lines in breadth. 



