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FIGHTING RUFF. 
(Machetes pugnax.) 
Ma. Cauda rotundatd redricibus tribus laternlibiis tuticoloribus, 
dnabus mediis radiatis. 
Ruff with the tail rounded, its three lateral leathers of one colour^ 
the two middle ones radiated. 
Machetes pugnax. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 490. 
Triuga pugnax. Temm. man. d'Oni. 408. /(/. 2 Edit. ii. G31. 
Summer Plumage. — Tringa pugnax. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. Gmel. 
Syst. Nat. 1. 669. Lath. hid. Orn. 2. 725. Briss. Orn. ;'). 
240. pi. 22. f. \, 2. Rail, Syn. 107. ^1. 3. 
Le conibattant, ou Paon de mer. Bii^'. Ois. 7. 521. jd. 29, 30. 
Bujf. PI. Enl. 305, 306. 
Ruff or Reeve. Penn. Brit. Zuol. 2. 192. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 
479. IViLl. Orn. 302. j.l. 56. Albiu. Brit. Birds, l.pL 12, 73. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 159. 1. Lewin. Brit. Birds, 5. pi. 106. 
Wale. Syn. 2. 144. Don. Brit. Birds, j)l- 19. Mont. Orn. 
Diet. 2. and Sup. Ben: Brit. Birds, 2. 95. 
Pavoncella pugnax. Leach. Cat. Brit. Miis. p. 29. 
Young. — Totanus cinereus. Briss. Orn. 5. 203. pi . 17 2. 
Le Chevalier varie. Buj: Ois. 7. 507. BuJ'. PI. Enl. 300. 
Shore Sandpiper. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 171. 
Winter Plumage. — Triuga variegata. Brun. Orn. Bur. 
No. 181. 
Varieties. — Tringa equestris. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 730. 
Le Chevalier conimun. Buff. Ois. 7.511. Buf. PI. Enl. 844. 
Tringa grenovicensis. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 731. 
Greenwich Sandpiper. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. 249. Leiv. Brit. 
Birds, 5. j)l. 1 80. fValc. Syn. 2. pi. 1 54. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. 
Bevo. Brit. Birds, 2. 108. 
Yellow-legged Sandpiper. Mont. Orn. Diet. App. 
A MOST variable species: in length about eleven 
inches and a half: in the summer the male has his 
