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FIGHTING RUFF. 
marshes, of a coarse grass ; she lays four eggs, greatly 
resembling those of the Snipe and Redshank j they 
are greenish-white, marked with rusty spots. After 
the young are produced, and the autumn arrives, 
both sexes leave this country, and ai'e supposed to 
retire southward. During the summer season they 
are common in the fens of Denmark, Sweden, and 
Russia, and are also found in other more northern 
regions, even as far as Iceland ; and are nowhere 
so abundant as in the extensive marshes of Holland. 
They feed on worms and aquatic insects. 
