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the nest of this bird on an alder-stump near a brook, which differed 

 from the one described above in being- lined with hair : it had four eggs 

 like those before mentioned. That author adds, " The bird was so te- 

 nacious of her nest, as to suffer us to take her off with our hand ; and 

 we found, after we had released her, she would not forsake it." But 

 he is silent with respect to the part of this country in which he found 

 the nest. As yet we have never seen this species south in the incuba- 

 ting- season : in the autumn it is frequently seen about alder-trees 

 picking the seeds out of the cones. 



This species is very generally diffused throughout Europe ; but its na- 

 tive regions seem to be the northern parts. They reach Germany in 

 great flocks towards the end of October, and again retire in the months 

 of March and April. *" It is a bird," says Bechstein, " more pleasing 

 to the eye than to the ear ; its warble being feeble and weak, and con- 

 sisting of a continued chinking note. It is impossible to see without 

 pleasure the affection which seems to exist between the male and 

 female of this species, who fondle and caress each other without ceas- 

 ing. They will do the same even with the goldfinch, linnet, and canary, 

 with any of which it will readily pair." * 



RED SANDPIPER.— A name for the Knot. 



REDSHANK (Totanus calidris, Bechstein.) 



Scolopax calidris, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 245. II. — Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 664. — Lath. Ind. 

 Orn.2. p. 722.25.— Scolopax Totanus, BHss.5. p. 188. 3.t. 17. f. 1.— Ib. 8vo. 2. 

 p. 261.— Raii, Syn. p. 107. A. \.— Will. p. 221. —Totanus calidris, Temm. Man. 

 d'Orn. 2. 643. — Flem. Br. Anim. p. 102. — Chevalier aux pieds rouges, Buff. 



Ois. 7. p. 513. t. 28.— Gambet Sandpiper, Lath. Syn. 5. p. 167 Redshank, 



or Pool Snipe, Br. Zool. 2. No. 184. t. 65 Ib. fol. 124.— Arct. Zool. 2. No. 



377.— Will. (Angl.) p. 299 Albin, 3. t. 81.— Lath. Syn. 5. p. 150. 20.— Ib. 



Supp. p. 245 Leivin's Br. Birds, 4. t. 165. — Wale. Syn. 2. t. 143.— Pult. 



Cat. Dorset, p. 14.— Don. Br. Birds, 5. t. 112. 



YOUNG. 



Tringa striata, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 672. — Striated Sandpiper, Lath. Syn. 5. p. 176. 



— Totanus striatus, Briss. Orn. 5. p. 196 Le Chevalier Raye, Buff. Ois. 7. 



p. 516.— 16. pi. Enl. 827 Gambitta Stor. degli Ucc. 5. 464. 



This species weighs about five ounces ; length twelve inches; *Tem- 

 minck says it rarely exceeds ten inches and a half.* The bill is near 

 two inches long, red at the base, dusky at the point ; irides hazel ; 

 the head and hind part of the neck cinereous brown, with obscure 

 dusky streaks ; back and scapulars dusky, spotted with grey ; quills 

 dusky ; the secondaries tipped with white ; wing coverts ash-colour, 

 mixed with brown, and marked with spots of white ; the lower part of 

 the back and rump white, marked with small dusky specks ; over the 

 eye is a whitish streak ; chin and fore part of the neck streaked with 

 dusky ; lower breast and belly white ; the tail and its coverts are 



