BRITISH BIRDS. 
Rippengale feiij in Lincolnfliire, on the 14th of 
May, 1799, by Major Charles Dilke, of the War- 
wickfhire cavalry, who alfo obligingly pointed out 
feveral leading features of thefe birds, in which they 
differ materially from the Scolopax Calidris of Lin- 
naeus, called here the Redfhank or Poolfnipe. • He 
fays, this bird is a conftant inhabitant of the fens, 
and is known to fportfmen by its fingular notes, 
which are very loud and melodious, and are heard 
even when the bird is beyond the reach of fight.’’ 
The defcription of this bird, which, it feems, is 
common in the fen countries, has been more parti- 
cularly attended to, becaufe it has not been defcrib- 
ed in any of the popular works on ornithology; 
at lead, not fo accurately as to enable a naturalift 
to diftinguilh it by the proper name. 
