326 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



614. TotanUS GlareOla. (LinD.) Temm. ; Tringa 

 Littojralis, Linn. ; Totanus Affinis, Horsf. ; The Wood 

 Sandpiper, Bewick's Brit. Birds, p. 101. 



Tail, doubly emarginate, white, all the feathers barred to 

 the base with blackish-brown : the outermost feather, with the 

 inner web, plain ; upper part of head greyish-brown ; back, 

 scapulars, and inner secondaries, dark purplish-brown, with 

 marginal whitish and dusky spots ; neck greyish- white, with 

 longitudinal dusky lines; the breast and abdomen white; 

 lower wing-coverts dusky, edged with white; axillar feathers, 

 and some of those of the sides, narrowly and irregularly 

 barred with brown ; feet greenish-grey. Length, 9" ; Vising, 

 5" 2'" ; tail, 2" 2'". 



Mr. Ayers found this species at Natal. It occurred to me about 

 Zoetendals Vley, in Noyember, 1865 ; but this is the only place 

 where I have seen it. 



615. T0tanU3 FUSCUS. (BHss.) Gould's Birds of 

 Eur., PI. 309 ; Scolopax Fiisca, Linn. ; Bewick's Brit. 

 Birds, p. 94. 



Adult, with basal half of bill red, the other half brownish- 

 black ; the feet orange- red ; the secondary quills black, barred 

 with white. In winter the upper part of the head, and hind 

 neck, brownish-grey ; the fore part of the back, greyish- 

 brown, streaked with dusky, its hind part white ; the tail and 

 its coverts barred with white, and dusky ; the cheeks and 

 fore-neck, greyish- white, faintly streaked with grey ; the rest 

 of the lower parts white. In summer the head, neck, and 

 lower parts greyish-black, the feathers slightly edged with 

 whitish ; those of the fore part of the back and wing-coverts 

 blackish-brown, marginally spotted with black and white; 

 the other parts as in winter. Length, 12" ; wing, 6" 9'" ; 

 tail, 3'". 



A single specimen, procured by myself at the Knysna, is the only 

 example that has occurred to me. 



Genus TRINGOIDES, Pr. Bonap. 

 Bill as long as or rather longer than the head, with the 

 culmen straight, and the sides compressed towards the tip, 

 which is curved and acute; the nostrils linear, and placed in 

 a lateral membranous groove, which extends to near the tip 

 on both sides; wings reaching beyond the middle of the tail, 

 and pointed, with the first quill the longest ; tail long, broad, 



