THE REDSHANK. 157 



The common redshank (Totanus calidris) is called in 

 Norway the rodbenet sneppe, or red-legged snipe. It 

 is common about all the smaller lakes in this country, 

 and great numbers are observed on the flat rocks 

 north of Throndjem. It is also common in Finmark. 

 It is this bird, and not the turnstone, which is called 

 tolk, or interpreter, by the Swedish fishermen. 



The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) breeds in the 

 north, as far up as the Icy Sea. It nests in the coarse 

 herbage on marshy ground. It migrates in October. 

 Nilsson says of it, " Kottet cur godt till stek," or, " Its 

 flesh is good if the bird is roasted on a spit." 



