302 TOTANINJ-;. 



1. Glottis Cliloropus. Green-legged Long-shank. Bill 

 greenish-brown, black toward the end; feet greenish-grey. 

 In winter, the lower parts white; the fore part of the back, 

 scapulars, and wing-coverts greyish-brown, the feathers edged 

 with whitish. In summer, the fore neck and breast white, 

 with oblong black spots ; the fore part of the back, and the 

 scapulars black, the feathers margined with whitish. 



GENUS IV. TOTANUS. TATLER. 



Bill about a third longer than the head, straight, very 

 slender, the tip of the upper mandible slightly decimate, 

 narrowed, blunt, a little exceeding the lower ; edge of both 

 mandibles thick, with a linear groove. Nostrils basal, linear. 

 Legs long, very slender ; tibia bare to a considerable extent ; 

 tarsus scutellate before and behind ; toes small, the first 

 diminutive, anterior with basal webs, of which the outer is 

 larger. Wings long, pointed. Tail short, rounded. 



1. Totanus fuse us. Dusky Redshank Tatler. Bill red 

 in its basal half, the other brownish -black ; feet orange-red ; 

 secondary quills black, barred with white. 



2. Totanus Calidris. Common Redshank Tatler. Bill 

 red in its basal half, the other brownish-black ; secondary 

 quills black at the base, white toward the end. 



3. Totanus ochropus. Green Tatler. Bill dusky above, 

 reddish below ; feet greyish-blue, tinged with brown ; tail 

 nearly even, white, the four middle feathers with three 

 blackish-brown bars toward the end, the outermost feather 

 plain. 



4. Totanus Glareola. M'ood Tatler. Bill dusky, greenish 

 at the base ; feet greenish-grey ; tail doubly emarginate, 

 white, all the feathers barred to the base with blackish- 

 brown ; the outermost with the inner web plain. 



GENUS V. ACTITIS. WEET-WEET. 



Bill not longer than the head, straight, very slender, the 

 tip of the upper mandible slightly decimate, narrowed, 

 bluntish, a little exceeding the lower ; edges of both man- 



