. A history of British birds . LIMICOL^. COMMON REDSHANK. 469 SCOLOPACIDA^... -^^■^^••■•■11 TOTANUS CALIDEIS (LinnsBus*).THE COMMON REDSHANK. Totanus calidris. The Common Redshank is a numerous and well-knownspecies, and many are to be found in these islands all theyear, although the birds bred here are few in comparison withthe migrants which annually visit our shores. In the coldseason they frequent and feed by the sea, over those extensiveflats which are left bare by every receding tide, and the birdsare then seen in flocks ; in the spring, however, they retireto fens and marshes, near pool

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. A history of British birds . LIMICOL^. COMMON REDSHANK. 469 SCOLOPACIDA^... -^^■^^••■•■11 TOTANUS CALIDEIS (LinnsBus*).THE COMMON REDSHANK. Totanus calidris. The Common Redshank is a numerous and well-knownspecies, and many are to be found in these islands all theyear, although the birds bred here are few in comparison withthe migrants which annually visit our shores. In the coldseason they frequent and feed by the sea, over those extensiveflats which are left bare by every receding tide, and the birdsare then seen in flocks ; in the spring, however, they retireto fens and marshes, near pools or lakes, and to the banksof rivers. Drainage and modern improvements have to a greatextent diminished the area of the breeding-places of the * Scolopax Calidris, Linnieus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 245 (1766). 470 SCOLOPACID^. Redshank, but it still nests in many counties in Englandwhere the localities are suitable, being naturally moreabundant in such as Kent, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, andLincolnshire. In the latter, Mr. Cordeaux informs theEditor that Ravent

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