58 RED SHANK SNIPE. Class II. 



the belly white ; the exterior webs of the quil 

 feathers are dusky ; the legs long, and of a fine 

 bright orange color; the outermost toe con- 

 nected to the middle toe by a small membrane ; 

 the inmost by another still smaller. 



It breeds in the fens, and marshes ; and flies 

 round its nest when disturbed, making a noise 

 like a lapwing. It lays four eggs, whitish 

 tinged with olive, marked with irregular spots 

 of black chiefly on the thicker end. 



Var. a. Scolopax cantabrigiensis. Sc. rubro. Lath. Ind. orn. 721. 



Cambridge. cinereo-fusca subtus alba, id. Syn. v. 146. 



tectrlcibus alarum rectrici- Qm. Lin. 668. 



' : busque nigro fasciatis rostro Cambridge Godwit. Br. Zool. 



: .; : ,-,j '■" .-' ' ,'': .•;.-., - H- 447- 



I DISCOVERED this in the collection of 



the Rev. Mr. Green; it was shot near Cam- 



'''/': bridge."^ 



Descrip- It is larger than the common redshank. The 



head, upper part of the neck, and the back, are 



* I received a bird from Mr. Bot/s in the month of March 

 supposed to be this, but it proved to be a redshank in the plum- 

 age of the season. J. L. 



From the above circumstance, considering also the variety of 

 plumage to which the tribe is subject, and that the description 

 of the Cambridge Godwit was taken from a stuffed specimen, 

 we presume it might with propriety be erased from the list of 

 distinct British species. Ed. 



TION. 



