ToTANus. BIRDS. PRESSIROSTRES. lOS 



Quills 26, the first five dusky, the remainder increasing in whiteness from 

 the tip. Tail feathers 12, rayed with hiack and white. The first and second 

 toes webbed to the first joint, the second and third slightly webbed — In the 

 winter dress, the plumage, above, is cinereous-brown, with dusky spots ; throat 

 and breast greyish-white, with fine brown streaks ; belly pure white — Nest of 

 coarse grass, upon hillocks in boggy places. Eggs 4, olive-brown, spotted 

 with black. The young have the plumage, above, brown, with yellow margins. 

 Breast cinereous, with narrow brown streaks. Tips of the tail-feathers red- 

 <lish. Base of the bill yellowish. The Redshank leaves the marshes after 

 the breeding-season, and leads a solitary life on the sea-shore during winter. 

 — The difference in ))lumage between this species and the Red-legged Sand- 

 piper of Bewick (Brit. Birds, ii. 113.), which Montagu terms T. Beivickii, is 

 so very inconsiderable, as to lead to the conclusion that they are identical. 



140. T. ccJiropus. Green Sandpiper. — All the tail feathers 



■white one-third from the base ; the two or three exterior ones 



entirely white, or with only a spot near the end. 



Tringa Aldrovandi, Will. Orn. 222 Tr. ochropus .Linn. Sj'st. i. 250. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 408 — Tringa glareola, Markwick, Linn. Trans, i. 

 120. and ii. 325 — Tot. och. Temm. Orn. ii. ()51 In England from Au- 

 gust to April, frequenting pools and streams. 



Length 10 inches; weight 3^ ounces. Bill an inch and a half long, dusky, 

 tinged with green at the base. I^egs dusky green ; the outer and middle toes 

 united at the base by a membrane. Lores with a brown and white band. 

 Irides hazel. QuUls 24, dusky : the under wing-covers dusky, with white 

 V-like markings. Upper tail-covers, and beneath, white ; the neck and breast 

 with fine brown spots. Tail of 12 feathers, even at the tip, white, with the 

 two middle feathers crossed with 3 or 4 black bands which diminish in num- 

 ber towards the lateral feathers. In winter, the plumage is paler, and the 

 spots on the breast less distinct — Nest in the sand or grass on the margin 

 of lakes or streams. Eggs 3-5, greenish, with brown spots. The young have 

 yellow dots on the back, the nape cinereous, the breast more spotted, and 

 the black on the tail more extended. Is not known to breed in this country. 



141. T. Glareola. Wood Sandpiper. — Tail, to the base, bar- 

 red with brown and white. 



Mont. Orn. Diet, and Suppl Tot. glar. Temm. Orn. ii. 654 A winter 



visitant of England. 



Length 9 inches; weight 2| ounces. Bill 1^ inches long, black, greenish 

 at the base. Legs greenish, slender, 3 inches long from the knee to the tip 

 of the middle toe, and the base of feathers one inch above the knee ; the outer 

 toe connected at the base by a membrane. Irides dusky. Lores dusky, 

 above white. Plumage above, brown, with whitish streaks. Throat, belly, 

 and both tail-covers, ivhite. Breast white, with longitudinal streaks of deep 

 brown. Quills black, slightly tipped with white, except the first three or 

 four : shaft of the first quill white ; under covers destitute of the V-like 

 marks. Tail cuneiform, of 12 feathers. The two or three outer feathers 

 have the inner web white. In winter, the plumage is less distinctly marked. 

 — Nest in marshes. Eggs 4, yellowish, with brown spots ? Young., with the 

 plumage above having numerous red dots ; breast waved with grey, and spot- 

 ted with brown The several instances of the occurrence of this bird record- 



jed by Montagu, in liis Supplement, indicate it as a winter visitant. 



142. T. macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — Plumage, beloAv, 

 marked with large rounded spot?; ; the two middle tail-feathers 

 plain. 



