Class II. RUFF. 457 



Avis pugnax. Aldr. a-v. III. mer. Brijfon a<v, v. 240. *92. Ruff, 



167. tab. 22. 



Wil. orn. 302. Danis Bruufhane. Brunnich, 



Raiijyn. a<v. 1 07. 168. 



Krofsler. Kram. 352. Streitfchnepfe, Rampfhashn- 



Tringa pugnax. Lin.Jyft. 247. lein. Frifch, II. 232, 235. 



Brufhane. )*###. Suec.jp. 175. i?r. Z00/. 123. Scopoli, No. 



Le Combattant, on Paon de 140. 



THE males, or Ruffs, affume fuch variety of 

 colors in feveral parts of their plumage, 

 that it is fcarce poflible to fee two alike ; but the 

 ereat length of the feathers on the neck, that gives 

 name to them, at once diftinguifhes thefe from all 

 other birds. On the back of their necks is a fingu- Debcrip. 

 lar tuft of feathers fpreading wide on both fides. 

 Thefe, and the former, in fome are black j in 

 others white, yellow, or ferruginous -, but this tufc 

 and the ruffs frequently differ in colors in the fame 

 bird. The feathers that bear an uniformity of color- 

 ing through each individual of this fex, are the 

 coverts of the wings, which are brown inclining to 

 afh-color : the feathers on the bread, which are 

 often black or dufky : the four exterior feathers 

 of the tail, which are of a cinereous brown -, and 

 the four middle, which are barred with black and 

 brown : the bili is black towards the end ; red at 

 the bafe. The legs in all, are yellow. In moulting 

 they lofe the character of the long neck-feathers, 

 H h 4 nor 



