3 68 REDSHANK. Ciafs 1\. 



VI. The REDSHANK. 



Gallinula erythrcpus. Gcfner av. Scolopax Calidris. Lin.foft. 24^ 



504= Sc. Tetanus. Faun. Suec.jp. 167. 



Tofanus. Mdr. av. iii. 171. Rochfufsler. Kram. 351. 



Redshank, or Pool-fnipe. Wil. Hoemantopus, magnimdine inter 



orn. 209. Vanellum et Gallinaginerq. 



Taii /hi. a<v. 107. minorem media. Ray's itin. 



Tetanus, le Chevalier. Brjjfqn - 24.7. 



&v. v. 1 88. /.?£. 17 -fg- •' Br.ZooI. 124. 



^"f^HIS fpecies is found on mod of our fhores : in 

 JL . the winter time it conceals itfelf in the gutters i 

 and is generally found fingle, or at mod in pair. 

 B'.icr. It weighs five ounces and a half: the length is 

 twelve inches : the breadth twenty-one : the bill near 

 two inches long, red at the bafe, black towards the 

 point. The head, hind part of the neck, and fcapu- 

 lars, are of a dusky afh-color, obfeurely fpotted with 

 black : the back is white, fprinkled with black fpots : 

 the tail elegantly barred with black and white : the 

 cheeks, underfide of the neck, and upper part of 

 the bread are white, ftreaked downward with dusky 

 lines: the belly white: the exterior webs of the quil- 

 feathers are dusky : the legs long, and of a fine bright 

 orange color. It breeds, as Mr, Ray obferves, in the 

 marines ; and flies round its neft when disturbed, 

 making a noife like a lapwing. It lays four eggs, 

 \yhitifh tinged with olive, marked with irregular 

 fpots of black chiefly on the thicker end. 



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