Cuass II. 
Scolopax Calidris. Se. _rostro 
rubro, pedibus coccineis, 
~ eorpore cinereo, remigibus 
secundariis  albis.. Lath. 
_ Ind. orn. 722 id. Syn. v. 
150. id. Sup. i. 225. 
Gallinula erythropus. “Gesner 
> av. 504. ~ SO) a 
Totanus Aldr. av. iii. 171. 
Redshank, or Pool-snipe. Wil. 
orn. 290. 
Raii Syn. av. 107. 
Totanus, le Chevalier. Brisson 
av. y. 188. Tab. 17: fig. 1. 
~’ Sandlceuffer ? 
REDSHANK SNIPE. 
Scolopax Calidris. Gm. , Lin. 
664. ) 
Se. Totanus. Faun. Suec. Sp. 
167s, ; 
Rothfussler Avram. 353. 
Kleiner grau-und-weisbunter 
Frisch, ii. 
240. 
Heemantopus, | magnitudine 
“inter Vanellum et Galli- 
naginem minorem media. 
Ray's itin. 247. 
Br. Zool. 124, Arct. Zool. 
ii. 172. 
Hist. Pots. vii. 513. 
Tuts species is found on most of our shores; 
in the winter time it conceals itself in the gut- 
ters, and is generally found smgle, or at most 
in pairs. i 
It weighs five ounces and a half; the length 
is twelve inches; the breadth twenty-one; the 
bill nearly two inches long, red at the base, black 
towards the point. The head, hind part of the 
neck, and scapulars, are of a dusky ash-color, 
obscurely spotted with black ; the back is white, 
sprinkled with black spots; the tail elegantly 
barred with black and white; the cheeks, under 
side of the neck, and upper part of the breast, 
are white, streaked downward with dusky lines; 
8. Rep- 
SHANK. 
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Descrip- ~ 
TION. 
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