REDSHANK. 
411 
the nest of this bird on an alder-stump near a brook, which differed 
from the one described above in being lined with hair : it had four eggs 
like those before mentioned. That author adds, The bird was so te- 
nacious of her nest, as to suffer us to take her off with our hand ; and 
we found, after we had released her, she would not forsake it.” But 
he is silent with respect to the part of this country in which he found 
the nest. As yet we have never seen this species south in the incuba- 
ting season : in the autumn it is frequently seen about alder-trees 
picking the seeds out of the cones. 
This species is very generally diffused throughout Europe ; but its na- 
tive regions seem to be the northern parts. They reach Germany in 
great flocks towards the end of October, and again retire in the months 
of March and April. It is a bird,” says Bechstein, “ more pleasing 
to the eye than to the ear ; its warble being feeble and weak, and con- 
sisting of a continued chinking note. It is impossible to see without 
pleasure the affection which seems to exist between the male and 
female of this species, who fondle and caress each other without ceas- 
ing. They will do the same even with the goldfinch, linnet, and canary, 
with any of which it will readily pair.” * 
BED SANDPIPER. — A name for the Knot. 
REDSHANK (Totanus caliclris^ Bechstein.) 
Scolopax calidris, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 245. 11. — Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 664. — Lath. Ind. 
Orn.2. p. 722.25. — ScolopaxTolanus, Eriss. 5. p.l88. 3.t. 17. f. 1. — Ib. 8vo. 2. 
p. 261. — Rail, Syn. p. 107. A. 1. — Will. p.221. — Totanus calidris, Temm. Man. 
d’Orn. 2. 643. — Flern. Br. Anim. p. 102. — Chevalier aux pieds rouges, Buff. 
Ois. 7. p. 513. t. 28. — Garabet Sandpiper, Lath. Syn. 5. p. 167. — Redshank, 
or Pool Snipe, Br. Zool. 2. No. 184. t. 65. — Ih. fol. 124. — Arct. Zool. 2. No. 
377. — Will. (Angl.) p. 299. — Albin, 3. t. 87. — Lath. Syn. 5. p. 150. 20. — Ih. 
Supp. p. 245. — Lewin’s Br. Birds, 4. t. 165.— Wale. Syn. 2. t. 143. — Fult. 
Cat. Dorset, p. 14. — Bon. Br. Birds, 5. t. 112. 
YOUNG. 
Tringa striata, Gmel. Syst. 1. p, 672. — Striated Sandpiper, Lath. Syn. 5. p. 176. 
— Totanus striatus, Briss. Orn. 5. p. 196. — Le Chevalier Raye, Buff. Ois. 7. 
p. 516. — Ib. pi. Enl. 827.— Gambitta Stor. degli Ucc. 5. 464. 
This species weighs about five ounces ; length twelve inches ; *Tem- 
minck says it rarely exceeds ten inches and a half.* The bill is near 
two inches long, red at the base, dusky at the point ; irides hazel ; 
the head and hind part of the neck cinereous brown, with obscure 
dusky streaks ; back and scapulars dusky, spotted with grey ; quills 
dusky ; the secondaries tipped with white ; wing coverts ash-colour, 
mixed with brown, and marked with spots of white ; the lower part of 
the back and rump white, marked with small dusky specks ; over the 
eye is a whitish streak ; chin and fore part of the neck streaked with 
dusky ; lower breast and belly white ; the tail and its coverts are 
