SCOLOPACIDiE. 
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GRALLA TORES. SCOLOPA CIDJE. 
SPOTTED REDSHANK. 
Totanus fusctjs. 
PLATE LXXXVII1. 
It is with much pleasure that I am enabled not only 
to figure the eggs of this species, hitherto unknown, but 
also to add the following most interesting particulars from 
the pen of Mr. Wolley, kindly sent me from Finland, just 
in time for publication in this work. 
Mr. Wolley says, “ I expect that henceforth the Spot¬ 
ted Redshank will always start up in my memory at the 
first mention of Lapland. It is so peculiar to the coun¬ 
try, so remarkable in its appearance in summer, and so 
often calling attention to itself by its striking actions, 
whilst my ignorance of its nest and eggs for a whole 
year after my arrival in this far north, kept up in me 
during that time the liveliest interest concerning it. A 
bird with so much character was easy to talk about; I 
soon found that it was known amongst the people by 
several names, all more or less expressive; and in my 
drives about Finland and into Norway during the win¬ 
ter, I had heard, from so many quarters, accounts of 
its nesting peculiarities, that I only waited for its return 
here, to see them confirmed. It does not keep one long 
in suspense — it comes as soon as the snow is off the 
ground, and lays its eggs with very little delay. At 
this time one may hear a singular call in the marshes, 
