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270. LimosA MELANURA

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Buiack-TAILED GopwiITt.

Formerly used to breed in our marshes, but now, owing to the progress of cultivation, can only be regarded
as a migrant.

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271. Limosa RUFA . Vol. TV. Bier

Bar-TaiteD Gopwir.

A regular spring and autumn migrant, going northward to breed, and returning southward in winter.

Genus Recurvirostra.

Of this highly interesting genus there are three well-marked species known :—the present, which is

common in Europe and Africa ; the second, which is found in North America; and the third, a beautiful
red-necked bird, is a native of Australia.

272. RecurvirostTra AVOCETTA

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AVOCET.,

Genus Guortis.
273. GLOTTIS CANESCENS

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GREENSHANK.

A spring and autumn migrant, breeding in Scotland, where of late years many nests have been discovered.

Genus Toranus.
274. Toranus cALipris

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ReEDSHANK.

Formerly a common resident species in

our fens, and breeding regularly in many parts of England.
Drainage and cultivation of waste lands, howe

ver, haye almost driven

it from our shores, except at the
periods of its migrations in spring and autumn.

275. Toranus ruscus

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Srorrep Repswank. 2
In England and Seo is bird is eeners ; 1
g and Scotland this bird is generally regarded as a spring and autumn migrant; and no instance
of its nesting with us has yet been recorded, notwithst

anding that individuals of this species frequently