62 BRITAIN^S BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS. 



amid their surroundings by reason of their coloration — a 

 mixture of blackish and yellowish brown above, light below. 



THE GREENSHANK 



(Totanus canescens). 



The Greenshank is a larger ally of the Redshank, but 

 with green legs, as the name implies. It is otherwise 

 very similar in appearance and behaviour, and has similar 

 nesting habit and eggs. Even the cry is of the same 

 Order. To England and Wales and the south of Scot- 

 land it is chiefly a migrational visitor ; but in Ireland 

 it is also a winter visitor ; while in Scotland it breeds 

 sparingly, near inland waters, from Argyll and Moray 

 northwards to the western but not the northern isles. 



THE WOOD SANDPIPER 



(Totanus glareola). 



The Wood Sandpiper, a bird somewhat closely resembling 

 the next species as regards appearance, habits, eggs, &;c., 

 is a migrational visitor in small numbers, chiefly to the 

 east coast of England ; but there are a few more or less 

 authentic records of its breeding within the British Isles. 



THE COMMON SANDPIPER 



(Totanus hypoleucus). 



Plate 21. 



Although the 'headquarters' of the Waders as a whole 

 lie to the north of the British Isles, we have in the 

 Common Sandpiper a species which is entirely a summer 



