the true tattlers. 
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tideways Mr. R. J. Ussher states that it is reported to ^’'^ed 
in every in Ireland, except Dublin Carlow, and Wa er- 
ford. On the Allows of the Shannon, and m marshy districts, 
it often breeds numerously. 
Range outside the British Islends.-This Species breeds through- 
ouftte pcale, part ot Europe and the Med,.err.„.«„, » 
the Fteroes and Iceland, in Scandinavia up to ^o N. lat. 
and in Northern Russia near Archangel. It is also [oumi nest- 
ins in Central Asia as far ea.st as Mongolia, and north to about 
N lat. in Siberia. In winter the Red-shank 
f o Pnnp India and the Burmese provinces, Japan, and 
ciinl nnd e£nd"t\r. of d.e'lndo-H.luy.n Arch,- 
autumn the Red-shanks are met with on most 
of our tidal harbours, either singly or in flocks, and they are 
generally they 
‘a",: tdT»l/or,rvt';V of ,he ^ »h.ndi„g 
small flock^ may be decoyed within shooting range, especially 
i! if uuis" IhtiSi rr 
fl,de-Uke whistle, and is often heard as he accompanies h.s 
hoto fUn-Rt. The soecies may be said to nest in 
comnunities °as many pairs are found in close proximity on the 
marshy ground which they love to frequent. Like many other 
Srs the male often soars into the air with a trill, and he 
Tkn indul-es in many bowings and scrapings, opening and clos- 
R = A W and spreading Sut his tail. Mr. Seebohm says that 
Inhis time of yir the bird will often settle on a tree or a post 
woRt —Generally well concealed m the centre of a hummock 
of lone grass the bents of which bend over and hide it. A few 
scraps^of moss or bents are sometimes used as lining, but the 
nest is often nothing but a depression in the ground. 
Four in number, pear-shaped, and rather largefor the 
size^of’the bird. They are laid m April in the south, but later 
