SCOLOPACIDA., 387 
of the bird, reddish white* in colour, spotted mostly 
at the larger end with dark reddish brown; there 
are also a few spots of a paler shade; the ground 
colour appears to fade to a pale dirty white when 
the eggs have been kept long and blown. 
GREENSHANK, T'otanus glottis. The Greenshank 
is a much rarer summer visitor than either of the 
last-mentioned species: it does, however, occasion- 
ally occur in our county, and I have seen one or two 
specimens which had been obtained in the neigh- 
bourhood of Burnham. As it is here, it seems to be 
merely an accidental visitor to most of the other 
counties in England, making its appearance in the 
spring and autumn, in which latter season the 
greater number of captures are recorded. 
The nest, like that of most of this family, seems 
to be merely a hole scraped in the ground, lined 
with a few fragments of heath and blades of grass.+ 
In the way of food this bird appears to have a most 
decided partiality for fish. Yarrell makes mention 
of two that had been feeding on small smelts and 
shrimps, and of another that had swallowed a 
bearded loche; besides fish it feeds on grubs, 
worms, aquatic and winged insects, and small 
seeds. t 
* Yarrell, vol. ii., p. 655. } Id-yp. 667; 
t See note in ‘Zoologist’ for 1867, by Mr. Clark 
Kennedy. 
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