TRINGA PUGNAX. 
RUFF. 
Generic Character. 
Bill straight^ slender^ not exceeding an inch and a 
half in length. 
Nostrils small, linear. 
Tongue slender. 
Toes divided, or slightly connected at the base by a 
small membrane; hind toe small. 
Tringa pugnax ; rostro pedibusque luteus, rectri- 
cibus tribus lateralibus immaculatus, facie 
papillis granulatis carneis. 
Ruff. Bill and legs yellow; three lateral tail feathers 
without spots ; face with flesh coloured 
granulations. 
Tringa Pugnax. Lin. S^st. v. I. p. 147. GmeL 
Si/st. V. 2. p. 669. Ind. Orn, v. 2. p. 725. 
Le Combattant. Buff. Hist. d'Ois. v> 7. p, 62L 
lb. PL Enl. 305, 306. 
Becasseau Combattant. Temm, Man. d'Orn. ed. 2. 
p. 631. 
Yellow-legged Sandpiper. Mont. Orn. Diet. App. 
Tringa Grenovicensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. v. 2. p. 731. 
Greenwich Sandpiper. Lath. S^n. Sup. p. 249. 
Ruff. Br. Zool. Svo. ed. v. 2. p. 71. pi. 14. Aret. 
ZooL V. 2. p. 4:79. Albin, v. I. t. 72, 73. 
Lath. Syn. v. 5. p 159. LewinBr. Birds, 
V. 5. 1. 106. Dan. Br. Birds, 1. 19. Mont, 
Orn. Diet. lb. Sup. Bewick's Br. Birds, 
pt. 2. p. 96. 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. ptA. 
The Ruff measures from twelve to thirteen inches in 
length, and about twenty-four from tip to tip of the wings ; 
and varies in weight from five to seven or eight ounces* 
