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yellowish j^nTcn. In winter, above li,i;lu brown with narrow dark 

 shaft streaks ; below white, sli^Muly spotted black on foreneck. 

 Winj,^ 1 35- 147- Tarsus 53- 5S. IJill lonij and thin, 40-4^. 

 ? generally the larger. 



Breeds. — S.E. Europe, Hungary, Rumania and S. Russia up 

 to Perm ; and in Siberia. Migrates ; winters Africa, S. Asia and 

 Australia. Accidental in \V. Europe, including British Isles. 



Totanus nebularius ((.unnerus). Greenshank. Fr. 

 ChevaUer gris ; iicr. Grunschenkel ; Ital. Pantana ; Swed. 

 Gluttsniippa. 



(^ 5 summer. Grey brown, head and neck streaked dark 

 brown, many feathers of back and scapulars all or partly black ; 

 rump and shorter upper tail coverts white, longer tail coverts and 

 tail white with brown bars ; beneath white, throat and breast 

 spotted black, flanks barred. In winter, no black feathers on 

 upper parts or spots on chest. Bill slightly recurved, black, bluish 

 grey at base. Legs and feet greenish. Wing 180-190. Tarsus 

 54-66. Bill 53-57. 



Breeds. — N. Europe, from Highlands of Scotland to Norway, 

 Sweden, and Russia as far south as Ufa, and across N. Asia. 

 Occurs on passage throughout Europe and Asia. Winters south 

 in Africa to Cape Colony, and in the east as far as Australia 

 and New Zealand ; a few remain in Europe, including Britain. 



Totanus ochropus (L.). Green Sandpiper. Fr. Cheva- 

 lier cul-blanc ; Gcr. Waldwasserlaufer ; Ital. Culbianco ; Su'ed. 

 Skoggsniippa. 



$ 9 summer. Above brown, tinged oily green, streaked on 

 head and upper neck and spotted on back and wings with white ; 

 shaft of I St primary brown ; lower rumj), upj^er tail coverts and 

 tail white, middle tail feathers with broad brown bars ; under 

 parts white, throat and upper breast streaked dark brown, axil- 

 laries dark brown barred diagonally white, liill dark olive green, 

 tipped black. Legs and feet bluish olive green. In winter, spots 

 on upper parts are faint or absent. Wing 137-147. 9 usually the 

 larger. Tarsus 33-37. P. ill 33-36. 



Breeds. — N. Europe and Asia, north of a line from Denmark 

 through Germany, liohemia, Galicia, across Russia to Trans- 

 caspia and Turkestan ; not in Britain. Winters in Britain (few). 



