. Complete wildfowler . whitish pink. The sexes are alike, and in winterthere is a white crescent round the throat, and the bill is horn-coloured at the tip. The bill is continually growing and socounteracting the wear and tear to which it is about i6 in. ; wing 975 in. RUFF Machetes pugnax (Macgill)The Ruff at one time bred with us, but is now chiefly aspring and autumn visitor. In summer the males don anornamental ruff around the neck. In coloration these Ruffsvary considerably, there being white, brown, cinnamon, andblack examples commonly met with. The female, known asthe
. Complete wildfowler . whitish pink. The sexes are alike, and in winterthere is a white crescent round the throat, and the bill is horn-coloured at the tip. The bill is continually growing and socounteracting the wear and tear to which it is about i6 in. ; wing 975 in. RUFF Machetes pugnax (Macgill)The Ruff at one time bred with us, but is now chiefly aspring and autumn visitor. In summer the males don anornamental ruff around the neck. In coloration these Ruffsvary considerably, there being white, brown, cinnamon, andblack examples commonly met with. The female, known asthe Reeve, is smaller than the male, and has not a ruff at anytime. In their breeding habits they are said to be young birds of the year occur regularly with us in earlyautumn, and are in the majority males. Reeves are about thesize of a Redshank, but are rufous-brown above, and whitetinged faintly with cinnamon below. Young Ruffs are like theReeves, but are larger. Length : Reeves, 10-5 in. ; Ruffs,11*75 in-. LITTLE STINT
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