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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 CALIDRIS, Flem. 



The Eedshanks 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 four eggs of a pale greenish 

 grey hue, marked and blotched with reddish 

 brown and blackish brown spots. 



REDSHANK, SPOTTED. 

 DUSKY REDSHANK. 



TOTAJrCTS FTTSCT7S, Mem. 



This species is not of rare occurrence in Eng- 

 land during the winter season ; but though it has 



