Indian Birds 



spotted with white. The abdomen is white, as 

 is also the tail. 



The habits of this species are very like those 

 of the snipe, so that the sportsman out shoot- 

 ing constantly puts up the bird, but it can be 

 distinguished from the snipe, because instead 

 of emitting the sharp " fsip " of the snipe on 

 rising, it utters a shrill note. Moreover, it is 

 a much smaller bird than even the Jack-snipe. 



194. Totanus ochropus : The Green Sand- 

 piper. (F. 1462), (J. 892), (+11, but with a 

 short tail.) 



This bird is very like the last species, except 

 that it is larger and less conspicuously spotted, 

 and has more white in the tail. It is distin- 

 guishable from the snipe, alongside of which it 

 is often found, by its " shrill piping note," 

 which it utters on the wing, and its white tail, 

 which is conspicuous as it flies away. 



A winter visitor ; commoner in N. India 

 than in the south. 



Among the sandpipers that visit India during 

 the winter in large numbers are (i) Totanus 

 glottis : The Greenshank. (F. 1466), (J. 894), 

 ( — IV) and (2) Totanus calidris : The Red- 

 shank. (F. 1464), (J. 897), ( + III). The green- 

 shank may be recognised by its large size and 

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