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Totanus hypoleucus (L.). Common Sandpipkr. Fr. 

 ( "licxalicr guigncUe ; L'lcr. Klussuferliiiifer ; Ital. Piro-piro piccolo. 

 Siticd I)rillsn;ipi)a. 



$ 9 summer. Above bronzy olive brown, with dark shaft 

 streaks and bars, no white on rump or upper tail coverts ; inner 

 secondaries mostly white, primaries with a patch of white on 

 inner web, greater and median wing coverts with white tips ; 

 beneath white, sides of breast brown with darker streaks, axillaries 

 white ; tail rounded. In winter dark streaks are absent above, 

 and also marks on sides of breast. Bill dark brown, lighter 

 at base below. Legs and feet yellowish brown. Wing 102- 115. 

 Tarsus 23-26. Bill 22-27. 



Breeds. — British Isles, Europe south to N. vSpain and Portugal 

 and N. Italy, probably N. Africa (Morocco to Tunis) ; also 

 N. Asia. Winters throughout Africa, and S. Asia to Australia. 

 Found by Van Someren nesting in Uganda. 



Tetanus macularius (L.). Spotted Sandpiper. 



(^9 Resemble "hypoleucus" but inner secondaries brown 

 with white bases and tips ; in summer underparts have large 

 brown spots, which are absent in winter, when chest is ashy grey. 

 Wing 98-1 10. Tarsus 24-26. Bill 22-25. 



A North American species ; occasional in Europe. Casual 

 in British Isles. 



Terekia. 



Bill strongly recurved and longer than tarsus ; outer and inner 

 toes are united by meml)rane at their bases to middle toe. 



Terekia cinerea (Giildenstadt). Terek Sandpiper. 



(J $ adult, summer. Above grey brown with dark streaks and 

 blotches ; secondaries mostly white ; no white on rump ; beneath 

 white with dark streaks on throat, foreneck, and chest ; axillaries 

 white. In winter, dark streaks both above and below are very 

 fainl. Bill brownish black, yellowish at base. Legs and feet 

 yellow. Wing 128-136. Tarsus 29-30. Bill 41-50. 



Breeds. — Islands Gulf of Bothnia, Finland, N. Russia down to 

 Orenburg and Samara ; also across Siberia. Occurs E. Europe 

 on passage ; winters Africa and from S. Asia to Australia. Of 

 rare occurrence in W. Europe, seven times obtained in England. 



