the true tattlers. 
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Ch.™u,..-The Dusky ofif.te 
bv its white lower back and rump. It is the largest o 
gLus Totanus, with white lower L the 
L distinguished from the Common J . Itligh 
secondaries regularly barred with white and dusky -blackish, 
none of them being entirely white. 
iXoToiL m .h.., 
in to high nonh, “ .?Su Mtumn, and winMs. 
L“— 
Indian Peninsula, the Burmese Provinces, and China. 
H.M...-I have only once seen Ihc Spoiled Rnf-X “ 'm 
S not SO much of a shore-bird as the Common Red-shank, and 
s rSeW found upon the coast except at the two seasons of 
• dPiL Tt loves to haunt inland marshes and the vast 
SvLipy ground near large rivers, where the water I'cs ^a'^ 
It is also partial to the low banks and dry parts of the 
beds of rivers. Its habits do not differ much from those of 
Ihe other waders. It runs along the marshy shores, or wades 
into the shallow water, in search of food. It is rather 
when alarmed, it generally flies off for some considerable dis- 
tnnce Its flight is rapid, and, as is customary with so rnaii) 
^^ading birds, it sometimes skims along before it 
ing migration it keeps in small parties and flocks, J^ich do 
scatter much whilst feeding. It is said to be fond of wad g. 
