PAL ACHE . "Oxi, 
Scolopax Totanus. Faun. Suec. No. 167. 
* Totanus. Aldr. av. 3. 171. 
Red Shank or Pool-Snipee //7ll. Orn. 299. 
Rait. Syn. av. 107. 
Ani 3. 187. 
br. Zool. 2. No. 184. ¢. 65. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. Val. 5. 150. 20. 
Suppl. 245. 20. 
Chevalier aux pieds rouges. Buff. 7. p. 513. ¢. 28, 
Le Chevalier. SBrif. Orn. 5. p. 188. 4. pl. 17. fig. I. 
Glareola. Klein. av. p. 101.1. 
Rothfufstler. Aram. 353. 
Gallinula erythropus. Ge/ner. av. 504. 
The length of this Bird is twelve inches, its breadth twenty-one 
inches, and its weight exceeds five ounces. In this country thefe 
birds are not uncommon, except in the northern parts. They fre- 
quent fens and marfhes in the breeding feafon, but feparate and con- 
ceal themfelves in the winter, 
Its noife is fimilar to that of the lapwing, whofe manners it alfo 
imitates when it is difturbed. It lays four eggs, of a whitifh olive 
* Albin fays, “ This birdis not the Zotqnus of Aldrovandus;” he adds, “¢ This is 
much lefs, has a fhorter bill and feet, and differs in the dufky colour of its back, and 
the red colour of its legs and feet.”"——4lb. p. 82. Vol. 3. 
colour, 
