276 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



Breeds. — Greenland, Arctic America, N. Siberia, Spitz- 

 bergen, Iceland (doubtful). Occurs in all parts of Europe 

 and X. Africa on migration, which extends far into S. 

 Hemisphere, but also occurs in winter on British Coasts and 

 Coasts of W. Europe and Mediterranean. 



LiMICOLA. 



Bill long, flat, and wide ; hind toe small : small Waders, 

 inhabit inland lakes and marshes rather than sea-coast. 



Limicola falcinellus falcinellus Pontoppidan). Broad- 

 billed Sandpiper. S^.ucd. Myrsnappa. 



(J $ summer. Above black, with narrow chestnut or buff 

 margins : beneath white, spotted brown on chin, throat, foreneck, 

 and chest ; axillaries white. In winter : above grey, with dark 

 centres and white margins : beneath white slightly spotted on 

 foreneck. Bill reddish brown with black tip. Legs and feet 

 greyish black. Wing 105-IJO. Tarsus 23. Bill 35. 



Breeds. — Norway to Dovrefeld, and Sweden to about middle, 

 Lapland, Finland, N. Russia, and in Ural district ; also in 

 Siberia. Occurs in winter in Eastern Mediterranean ; rare in 

 W. Europe, even on passage. Casual in British Isles. 



Macrorhamphus. 



Bill like a Snipe's ; ear opening as in Snipe, almost under 

 eye; tarsus shorter than bill; hind toe present; web between 

 bases of middle and outer toes well marked, very small between 

 middle and inner toes. 



Macrorhamphus griseus griseus Gmelin). Red- 

 breasted Snipe. 



^ $ summer, .-\bove dark brown with rufous edges and bars, 

 lower back, rump and upper tail coverts white with brown spots ; 

 tail dark brown barred white ; beneath reddish buff, margins 

 paler, with black spots and bars ; under wing coverts and 

 axillaries white, barred brown. In winter, above grey brown ; 

 beneath white, flanks barred brown, sides of throat and upper 

 breast brownish grey ; white throat and bicoloured upper tail 



