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TOTANUS CALIDRIS. THE COMMON REDSHANK 

 TATLER. 



POOL SNIPE. SANDCOCK. REDSHANK. RED-LEGGED SNIPE. 



Fig. 28. 



Scolopax Calidris. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 245. 



Tringa Gambetta. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 248. 



Scolopax Calidris. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 722. 



Tringa Gambetta. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 728. 



Tringa striata. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 733. Young. 



Chevalier Gainbette. Totanus Calidris. Temm. Man. d'Ornitb. II G43. 



Totanus Calidris. Redshank. Flern. Brit. Anini. 102. 



Redshank Sandpiper. Totanus Calidris. Selb. Illustr. II. 72. 



Totanus Calidris. Redshank Sandpiper. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. Anini. 196. 



Totanus Calidris. Bonap. Comp. List. 51. 



Adult with the basal half of the bill red, the other half 

 brownish-black y the feet orange-red ; the secondary quills 

 black at the base, white toward the end. In winter the upper 

 part of the head and hind-neck brownish-grey; the fore part 

 of the back greyish-brown, streaked xoith dusky, its hind part 

 white; the tail a?,d its coverts barred with white and dusky 

 grey ; the fore part and sides of the neck pale grey, streaked 

 with dusky, as are the sides ; the rest of the lower parts 

 white. In summer the cheeks and fore-neck greyish-white , 



