Food. 
General 
descrip- 
tion. 
Adult bird 
in summer 
plumage. 
70 GRALLATORES. TOTANUS. SANDPIPER. 
of them in the Supplement to his Ornithological Dictionary. 
Bewick also mentions two, as having been killed in the north 
of England. In my collection is one, also a young bird, 
which was shot near Yarmouth ; and I may add, to this list, 
two in the possession of B. Baxer, Esq. of Hardwicke Court, 
in Gloucestershire, one an old bird in the winter plumage, 
the other a bird of the year; and which were presented to 
him as the Spotted Redshank, in summer and winter plumage. 
The figure given in the present work, of the adult bird in 
its nuptial dress, is drawn from a very fine specimen (killed 
in Britain) in the collection of W. Yarret1t, Esq. In this 
species the sulcum (or groove) of the upper mandible is short, 
not extending beyond a third part of its length; in advance 
of the furrow, the bill becomes much rounded, by the doub- 
ling in of the tomia; and the tip of the maxilla is suddenly 
bent downwards, with a fine sharp point.—This bird inhabits 
marshy meadows, and the borders of rivers and lakes; and 
is sometimes found, during its migrations, on the sea-coasts. 
—It feeds principally on small univalve and bivalve mollusca, 
to which may be added worms and insects. It retires within 
the Arctic Circle to breed, but no description of its nest or 
egos has hitherto been obtained. It seems to have a wide 
geographical distribution, as the specimens sent from India 
appear to be precisely the same; and no difference exists in 
those procured from North America. 
PrateE 15. Fig. 1. The adult bird in the summer plumage, 
as taken from Mr Yarrett’s specimen. 
The head, neck, and under parts, are brownish-black, with 
a tinge of grey; the feathers upon the breast and belly 
finely edged with white. The upper parts of the body 
are blackish-brown; the feathers with triangular white 
spots upon their margins and tips. The quills are dusky 
black ; the shaft of the first quill white. The lower part 
of the back is white. The upper tail-coverts are barred 
black and white. The tail-feathers are greyish-black, 
