BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE REDSHANK. 



RED-LEGGED HORSEMAN, POOL SNIPE, OR SAND COCK. 



(Tohiiiits Calidris, Bechst. Clicvnlicr gambette, 

 Temm.) 



THIS bird weighs about live ounces and a half: 

 the length is twelve inches, breadth twenty-one. 

 The bill, from the tip to the corners of the mouth, 

 is more than an inch and three-quarters long, 

 black at the point, and red towards the base : 

 the feathers on the crown of the head are dark 

 brown, edged with pale rufous; a light or whitish 

 line passes over, and surrounds each eye, from 

 the corners of w r hich a dark brown spot is ex- 

 tended to the beak : irides hazel : hinder part of 

 the neck obscurely spotted with dark brown, on 

 a rusty ash ground ; throat and fore part more 



