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RUFF. 



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



EQUESTRIAN SANDPIPER. 

 YELLOW-LEGGED SANDPIPER. GREENWICH SANDPIPER. 



Machetes pugnax, GOULD. SELBY. 



Tringa pugnax, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



" eguestris, LATHAM. 



" httorea, LiNNJEUS. LATHAM. 



Totanus cinereus, BRISSON. 



Machetes A "Warrior. Pugnax Pugnacious. 



THE Ruff is one of the most curious birds, if not the most 

 curious, of any that we have in this country. 



In Europe, its range extends to Iceland, Russia, Sweden, 

 Lapland, Denmark, and Norway, from Holland, France, 

 Switzerland, and Italy, in which latter countries however it 

 is only a passing traveller. In Malta too, they thus occur. 

 In Asia, it advances to Siberia, from Persia, and the Caucasian 

 Range. In Africa, it is known at the Cape. 



This species was formerly common on some low ground 

 between Louth and the Lincolnshire coast, but the Rev. R. 

 P. Alington has not heard of any for several years. The 

 same may be said of Yorkshire, especially the East-Riding; 

 and likewise of Norfolk, in which county it still continues to 

 breed, but in greatly diminished numbers. In the county of 

 Northumberland, a small flock frequented Prestwick Carr, near 

 Newcastle- on-Tyne, and Mr. Heysham observed young birds in 

 the neighbourhood of Carlisle, in the autumn of 1830 and 1832. 

 They used to be met with on Hatfield Moor, near Thorne, and 

 Skipwith Common, near Selby. Before the drainage of the 

 Carrs they were common. One was shot near York, and Mr. 



