Family SCOLOPACIDAE. 



Totanus glareola (L.) — Wood-Sandpiper. 



(Plate 151, fig. a-c). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 104, No. 245). 



Colour of surface of shell: 



Colour of spots: 



Average dimensions: 

 Average weight of shell : 

 Texture of shell: 

 Shape : 

 Nest and its site: 



Number of eggs: 

 Breeding season: 

 Duration of incubation: 

 * Remark : 



mostly light green or greenish white; some- 

 times tinged more or less yellowish brown. 



reddish brown; chocolate brown ; underlying 

 spots show through lilac or ash colour; 

 the spots have a more or less dextral 

 spiral course. 



38 >; 26 millimetres. 



0.63 grams. 



fine and smooth. 



pyriform, sometimes sharply pointed. 



in dense tufts of grass, in a hollow *), lined 

 with some stalks and blades of grass. 



4. 



end of April, May, June. 



about 3 weeks. 



in other countries it has been found brooding 

 in old nests of Turdinae. 



