THE EEDSHANK. 



Seolopax calidris. 

 Totanm calidris. 



HE Redshank is, perhaps, as 

 well known, and as widely 

 distributed, as anj of the 

 larger Totaiii found in great 

 Britain ; and in many locali- 

 ties it remains with us all the 

 year round. In the large 

 marshes of Romney, Norfolk, 

 and Suffolk, these birds are 

 found in great numbers during 

 the breeding season ; and they 

 are toleraJ)ly common in Dor- 

 setshire, Devonshire, and Corn- 

 wall, also in Durham, North- 

 umberland, and many parts of 

 Scotland. Beyond the limits 

 of our own shores they are 

 met with in Iceland, the Faroe 

 Islands, Lapland, Norway, 

 Sweden, the islands of the 

 Baltic, and certain portions of 

 Asia and Africa. 



In the colder months of 

 the year tlie Redshank be- 



