The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 444
eathers; and indeed the Redshank, Red-legged Horseman, Pool Snipe, or Sand Cock,(Sco/opax calidris, Linn.; Le Chevalier aux Pieds rouges, Buff.)s. A bird. [Red males are subject to as much variety as thelinnet, and sometimes have no red at all onthe breast. This species is very generally… … This bird weighs about five ounces and ahalf : its length is twelve inches, and breadthtwenty-one. The bill, from the tip to thecorners of the mouth, is more than an inchand three quarters long, black at the point,and red towards the base : the feathers on thecrgwn of the head arc dark-brown, edged…
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