REDSHANK 



COMMON REDSHANK RED-LEGGED HORSEMAN RED-LEGGED 



SANDPIPER. 



PLATE CLXV. FIGURE II. 



Totanus calidris, .... LINNAEUS. 



Tringa gambetta, .... GMELIN. LATHAM. 



THE nest of this bird, composed of a little coarse grass, 

 is placed by the marshy margins of lakes and other 

 uncultivated watery places, on a heap of flags or in some 

 slight depression, or sheltered by a bush or tuft of herbage, 

 as also, it is said, occasionally on heaths. 



The eggs, deposited early in May, are pale reddish- 

 white stone colour, blotted, spotted, and speckled with dark 

 red brown, most at the larger end. They are four in 

 number. The young when hatched immediately quit the nest, 

 under the care of the female bird, the male taking no care 

 of them ; they soon are fledged, and able to provide for 

 themselves. Only one brood is reared in the year. 



