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MARSH SANDPIPER. 
" The figure and description were taken from a 
pair, male and female, which were shot on Rippen- 
gale Fen, in Lincolnshire, on the 14th May, 1795, 
by Major Charles Dilke, of the Warwickshire ca- 
valry. He says this bird is a constant inhabitant of 
the fens, and is known to sportsmen by its singular 
notes, which are very loud and melodious, and are 
heard even when the bird is beyond the reach of 
sight." 
" It is somewhat singular," says Montagu, " that 
a bird, apparently common, and indigenous to the 
fens, should so long have escaped notice, or at least 
discrimination, for it must undoubtedly have been 
confounded with the Redshank : indeed in many re- 
spects it seems to resemble the immatured bird of 
that species, but differs essentially in the feathers of 
the tail." 
MARSH SANDPIPER. 
(Totanus staguatilis.) 
To. rostro teniie debile, rcctricihns lateralihus extimis longihidi- 
naliter fuscis undathn radiatis. 
Sandpiper with a slender weak beak, the outer tail-feathers lon- 
gitudinally waved and radiated with brown. 
Scolopax Totanus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 245. 
Le petit chevalier aux pieds verts. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1 . 493. 
Le barge grise. Buff. PI. Enl. 8/6. 
Totanus stagnatilis. {Beckstein.) Temm. man. d'Orn. 418. 
Chevalier stagnatile. Temm. man. d'Orn. 418. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 
647. 
