RED-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 
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the winter plumage of this species. It is stated by 
Temminck that this bird principally subsists on mol- 
lusca, rarely on insects or worms. 
RED-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 
(Totanus calidris.) 
To. rostra basi rufo, remigibiis secundariis albis, corpore cinereo, 
pedibus coccineis. 
Sandpiper with the base of its beak red, the secondaiy quills 
white, the body ash-coloured, the legs scarlet. 
Totanus calidris. (Beckstein.) Temrn. man. d'Orn. 415, Id. 
2 Edit. ii. 643. 
Le grande chevalier aux pieds rouges. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1, 493. 
Summer Plumage. — Scolopax calidris. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 245. 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 664. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 72-1. 
Tringa gambetta. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 248. Gtnel. Syst. Nat. 
1.071. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 728, 
Scolopax Totanus, Raii, Syn. 107. A. 
Totanus nsevius. Briss. Orn. 5. 20{). pi. 18. J'. 2. 
Chevalier aux pieds rouges ou la gambetta. Biiff'. Ois. 7 . 513. 
Buff. PI. Enl. 845. 
Redshank, or Pool Snipe. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 184. fl. 65. Penn. 
Arct. Zool. 2. 377. AWin. Birds, 3. pi. 87. Lath. Gen. Syn. 
5. 150. Gen. Syn. Sup. 245. Lew. Brit. Birds, 4. 165. Wale. 
Syn. 2. pi. 143. Don. Brit. Birds, 5, pi. 112. Mont. Orn. 
Diet. 2. and Sup. Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 91. 
Red-legged Horseman. Albin. Birds, 2. pi. 68. 
Gambet Sandpiper. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 198. pi. 70. Penn. 
Arct. Zool. 2. 394. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 167. Leuc. Brit. 
Birds, 5. pi. 168, Mont, Orn. Did. 1. BeXKi. Brit. Birds, 
2. 102. 
