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RUFF. 



REEVE, (FEMALE.) FIGHTING RUFF. SHORE SANDPIPER. 



EQUESTRIAN SANDPIPER. YELLOW-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 



GREENWICH SANDPIPER. 



PLATE CLXXI. 



Machetes pugnax, GOULD. SELBY. 



Tringa pugnax, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Tringa etjueslris, LATHAM. 



Tringa littorea, LINNAEUS. LATHAM. 



To/anus cinereus, BRISSON. 



E Reeve begins to lay the first or second week 

 in May, and the young are hatched the beginning 

 of June. The nest, made of coarse grass, is placed 

 on some hillock among the same, or sedge, or rushes. 

 The eggs are subject to considerable variety ; some 

 are of a beautiful green ground colour, others olive 

 brown, spotted with darker brown. They are four in 

 number. 



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