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ger than the male, and has the red and black
tints on the lower surface, the white crescent on
the breast, and the stripes over the eyes, more
strongly pronounced. The male also takes at
least a share in hatching the eggs; but the female
likewise attends to the young. (20. For these
several statements, see Mr. Gould's 'Birds of
Great Britain.' Prof. Newton informs me that he
has long been convinced, from his own observations
and from those of others, that the males
of the above- named species take either the
whole or a large share of the duties of incubation,
and that they "shew much greater devotion
towards their young, when in danger, than
do the females." So it is, as he informs me, with
Limosa lapponica and some few other Waders,
in which the females are larger and have more
strongly contrasted colours than the males.) I
have not been able to discover whether with
these species the young resemble the adult males
more closely than the adult females; for the