Clafsil. RUFF. 3 6$ 



and thighs white: the exterior webs of the quil- 

 feathers black : the lower part of the interior webs of 

 the four firft white : the rump white : the tail mark- 

 ed with tranfverfe bars of black and white : the legs 

 of a dirty green : the back toe very fmall. 



Thefe appear in fmall flocks in the winter time* 

 but are not very common : their flefh is very de- 

 licate. 



III. The R U F F. 



Avis pugnax. Aldr. a<v. Hi. 167. Le Combatfant, ouPaon de mer, 

 Wil. orn. 302. BriJJbn a<v. v. 240. tab. 22. 



Raiifyn. av. 107. Danis Bruufhane. Brunnicb 

 Krofsjer. Kram. 352. 168. 



Tringa pugnax. Lin.fyjl. 247. Br. Wool. 123, 

 Brufhane. Faun.Suec.jp, 175. 



THE males, or Ruffs y affume fuch variety of 

 colors in feveral parts of their plumage, that 

 it is fcarce poffible to fee two alike j but the great 

 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 Angular tuft of fea- p e f cf , 

 thers fpreading wide on both fides. Thefe, and the 

 former^ in fome are black ; in others white, yellow, 

 or ferruginous ; but this tuft and the ruffs always dif- 

 fer in colors in the fame bird. The feathers that 

 bear an uniformity of coloring through each indivi- 

 dual of this fex, are the coverts of the wings, which 

 are brown inclining to afh-color : the feathers on the 

 bread* which are black or dufi-ty : the four exterior 

 A a feathers 



