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RUFF. 
REEYE, (FEMALE.) FIGHTING RUFF. SHORE SANDPIPER. 
EQUESTRIAN SANDPIPER. 
YELLOW-LEGGED SANDPIPER. GREENWICH SANDPIPER. 
Machetes pugnax , 
Tringa pugnax , 
“ equestris , 
“ littorea , 
Totanus cinereus , 
Machetes — A Warrior. 
Gould. Selby. 
Pennant. Montagu. 
Latham. 
Linnjeus. Latham. 
Brisson. 
Pugnax — Pugnacious. 
The Ruff is one of the most curious birds, if not the most 
curious, of any that we have in this country. 
In Europe, its range extends to Iceland, Russia, Sweden, 
Lapland, Denmark, and Norway, from Holland, France, 
Switzerland, and Italy, in which latter countries however it 
is only a passing traveller. In Malta too, they thus occur. 
In Asia, it advances to Siberia, from Persia, and the Caucasian 
Range. In Africa, it is known at the Cape. 
This species was formerly common on some low ground 
between Louth and the Lincolnshire coast, but the Rev. R. 
P. Alington has not heard of any for several years. The 
same may be said of Yorkshire, especially the East-Riding; 
and likewise of Norfolk, in which county it still continues to 
breed, but in greatly diminished numbers. In the county of 
Northumberland, a small flock frequented Prestwick Carr, near 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Mr. Hey sham observed young birds in 
the neighbourhood of Carlisle, in the autumn of 1830 and 1832. 
They used to be met with on Hatfield Moor, near Thorne, and 
Skip with Common, near Selby. Before the drainage of the 
Carrs they were common. One was shot near York, and Mr. 
