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Var. A. 
CAMBRIDGE. 
DEscrIP- 
TION. 
RED SHANK SNIPE. Ctass IL. 
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. 
Scolopax cantabrigiensis. Sc. tubro. Lath. Ind. orn. 721. 
‘cinereo-fusca subtus alba, id. Syn. v. 146. 
tectricibus alarum rectrici- Gm. Lin. 668. 
busque nigro fasciatis rostro Cambridge Godwit. Br. Zool. 
ii. 447. 
T DISCOVERED this in the collection of 
the Rev. Mr. Green ; it was shot near Cam- 
bridge.* 
It is larger than the common redshank. The 
head, upper part of the neck, and the back, are 
* I received a bird from Mr. Boys in the month of Marck 
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 ts vigil 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: érased from the list of 
distinct British species. Ep. yA: ; 
