SCOLOPAX CALIDRIS. 



RED-SHANK, 



Generic Character. Scolopax mfticola. 

 Synonyms. 



ScoLOPAx cALiDRis. Lw, Syfl, i» p. 245. 11. Iiid^r 



Om. 2. p. 722. 25. 

 Red-Shank. Bn Zool. 2. 184. tah. 65. lb, foL 124. 



Ar5i. Zml. 2. 377. Alhins Birds ^ 3. 



tab. 87. I^ath. Syn, 5. p. 150. 20. 



lb. fupi. p. 245. Mont. Orn. Di^. 



Vol, 2. Bewick's Br, Birds^ Ft, 2. 



P' 93- 



TThE Red-Shank weigTis about four ounces, is twelve 

 inches and a quarter in length, and twenty-two in breadth. 

 Bill nearly two inches long ; irides reddifli ; legs flender, 

 colour yellowifli red^ they meafure about four inches and a 

 half from the bare part of the thigh to the extremity of the 

 toes; claws rather long; the fexes are not ■ difcoverable by 

 their colours, as both males and females vary confiderably ; in 

 fome the rump is pure white, and in one we have, the neck 

 and breaft are cinerious. 



Thefe birds are common in many parts of this country, 

 particularly fenny places ; they are fent from Lincoln and 



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