90 BRITISH BIRDS. 



The female, in the beginning of May, makes her 

 nest in a dry tuft of grass, in the fens, and lays 

 four eggs, marked with rusty spots, on a greenish 

 olive ground. 



These birds are common in the summer season 

 in the fens of Denmark, Sweden, and Russia, and 

 are also found in other more northern regions, 

 even as far as Iceland. The figure was taken 

 from a bird in the Wycliffe Museum. 



Coney Street, York, August 18, 1794 (the race week), where four 

 Ruffs made one of the dishes at the table, which, in the bill, were 

 separately charged sixteen shillings." 



