BRITISH BIRDS, 
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on the thicker end. Pennant and La.tham fay, “ it 
flies round its neft, when diflurbed, making a noife 
like a Lapwing.’^ It is not fo common on the fea« 
Ihores as feveral others of its kindred fpecies. 
Ornithologifts differ much in their defcriptions of 
the Redfnank, and probably have confounded it 
with others of the red-legged tribe, whofe proper 
names are yet wanting, or involved in doubt and 
uncertainty. Latham, in his fupplement, defcribes 
this bird as differing fo much in its fummer and 
winter drefs, and in its weight, as to appear to be of 
two diflindl: fpecies. There is reafon to believe that 
feveral fpecies of the Scolopax and Tringa genera 
which have not yet been taken into the lift of 
Britifh birds, appear occafionally in Great Britain, 
and that this circumftance, together with the differ- 
ence of age and fex, has occafioned much confu- 
fion. The figure and defcription of this pretty bird 
were taken from a fpecimen fent by the Rev. J, 
Davies, of Trinity College, Cambridge : on com- 
paring it with that figured in the Planches Enlumi- 
nees, under the title of Le Chevalier raye, and the 
ftriated Sandpiper of Pennant and .Latham, the 
difference was fo flight, that there is no doubt of its 
being the fame fpecies. 
