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SNIPE, 



Scolopax calidris, tin. Syjl. i. p. 245. 11 — Mulier, N° 186. — Kram. EL 

 +- REDSHANK. P- Z<tf-—Frifcb. ii. 240. 



totanus, Faun. Suec 167. 



Le Chevalier, Erif. Orn. v. p. 188. 4. pi. 17. fig. 1. 



— — — aux pieds rouges, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 513. 



Redfliank, or Pool-Snipe, Rati Syn. p. 107. A. 1. — Will. Orn. p. 299. — 

 Albin, iii. pi. Sj.—Br. Zed. N° 184. pi. 65. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. ¥ ENGTH twelve inches. Bill almoft two; bafe reddifh; end 

 dufky black: irides reddilh hazel: head and hind part of 

 the neck dufky afh-colour : back and fcapulars glofly greenifh 

 brown : wing coverts afh-colour, mixed with dufky and brown, 

 and marked with whitifh fpots : ends of all the fecondaries, ex- 

 cept the two inner ones, white for an inch at the tip : quills 

 dufky ; four or five of the inner ones more or lefs tipped with 

 white, with dufky margins : over the eye a ftreak of white; and 

 between the bill and eye a dufky mark : chin and fore part of 

 the neck marked with fhort dufky ftreaks : the under parts from 

 the breaft, and the lower part of the back and rump, white, 

 marked with minute dufky fpecks : tail coverts and tail crofTed 

 with numerous bars of black, twelve or thirteen on each feather: 

 legs orange : claws black. In fome birds both the rump and 

 belly are of a pure white. 

 Place and The Red/bank is pretty common in this kingdom, but grows 



Manners. fcarcer towards the north. It breeds, like many others of this 

 genus, in the marfhes ; and lays four whitifh eggs, tinged with 

 olive, and marked with irregular black fpots, moft numerous at 

 the large end. When difturbed it has the actions of a Lapwing, 

 flying round its neft, which it is faid to do in a circular manner, 



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