216 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
(6) Medium forms, wing 5 to 6 inches, legs olive or 
green. 
(1) Lower back brown. ! 
Totanus ochropus (Green Sandpiper). 
(2) Lower back white. 
Totanus stagnatilis (Little Gréenshank). 
(c) Wing over 6 inches, legs red, rump white. 
(1) Secondary quills white. 
Totanus calidris (Redshank). 
(2) Secondary quills brownish barred with 
white. 
Totanus fuscus (Spotted Redshank). 
(d) Wing over 6 inches, rump white, bill slightly 
curved up, legs greenish. 
Totanus glottis (Greenshank). 
E.—Wing 6 inches or over, bill noticeably shorter than 
tarsus, rump and lower back brown. Genus Pavon- 
cella. 
Pavoncella pugnax (Ruff and Reeve). 
II.—No trace of web between toes. 
A.—No hind toe. Genus Calidris. 
(a) Plumage pale, length 7°5 inches. 
Calidris arenaria (Sanderling). 
B.—A hind toe. Ceylon forms all under 9 inches in length. 
Bill slender. Genus T'ringa. 
(a) Billstraight ; shafts of all primaries partly white. 
(1) Tarsus gray. 
Tringa minuta (Little Stint). 
(6) Bill straight ; shafts of all primaries, except first, 
brown. 
(1) Tail all brown ; mid toe and claw 0°9 inch. 
Tringa subminuta (Long-toed Stint). 
(2) Outer tail feathers white; mid toe and 
claw 0°75 inch. 
Tringa temmincki (‘Temminck’s Stint). 
