98 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



SPOTTED REDSHANK. Tofanns fuscus, L. 



Yarrell, iii. p. 474; Harting, p. 46; Dresser, viii. p. 165; See- 

 hohm, iii. p. 145 3 Ibis List, p. 176. 



The Spotted or Dusky Redshank is a rare spring 

 and autumn visitant. One was shot at Weymouth, 

 September 7, 1853, ^^'^^ one at Lodmoor, September 

 I, 1856 (W. Thompson); a third was shot by Mr. 

 T. M. Pike at the junction of the Wareham river 

 with the Poole estuary, September 8, 1877. 



GREENSHANK. Totanus caneseens, (Gmelin). 



Yarrell, iii. p. 483; Dresser, viii. p. 173; This List, p. 177; 

 Totanus glottis, Harting, p. 46; Seehohm, iii. p. 149. 



The Greenshank is a spring and autumn visitant, 

 and is occasionally found inland, but is never so 

 common as the Redshank. It has been met with in 

 the neighbourhood of Weymouth and Poole ; but at 

 the latter place Mr. Pike considers it "rather rare, 

 occurring in autumn, but never in any numbers." 

 One was killed at Lytchett Maltravers in the autumn 

 of 1872. 



i BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. Limosa melanura, Leisler. 



Limosa segocepliala, Yarrell, iii. p. 488; Dresser, viii. p. 211; 

 Ibis List, p. 178 ; Totanus melanurus, Seehohm, iii. p. 162 ; 

 Scolopax lapponica, Pulteneifs List, p. 14. 



The Black-tailed Godwit in this county is a very 

 uncommon visitant in spring and autumn. Pulteney 



