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SPOTTED REDSHANK 34! 
shades of brown; primaries, dark brown, the shorter inner 
ones being variegated with white; secondaries, chiefly 
white, giving the extended wings the appearance of having 
their binder’ portions white ; lower back and rump, white ; 
tail and upper tail-coverts, transversely barred with blackish- 
brown and white; chin, whitish; throat, front of neck, 
breast, and abdomen, streaked with hght brown; flanks and 
axillaries, barred with brown; under tail-coverts, white, 
with dark streaks and spots. 
Adult female nuptial.—sSimilar to the male plumage, but 
the markings are less pronounced. 
Adult winter, male and female.—Top of head, hind-neck, 
back, scapulars, and wings, dull ash-colour; front of neck 
and breast, whitish with some streaks of ash-brown ; throat 
and abdomen, white; axillaries, pure white. 
Immature, male and female.—Top of head, hind-neck, 
back, scapulars, and wings, greyish-brown, edged and 
chequered with buff; cheeks, rest of neck, throat, and breast, 
greyish, with darker streaks; flanks and under tail-coverts, 
white, slightly streaked with greyish - brown ; abdomen, 
white ; tail, marked similarly to that of the adult. 
BEAK. Deep orange at the base; point, blackish-brown. 
FEET. Orange-red. 
IripDES. Blackish-brown. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
ToraAL LENGTH ... 11 in. Female slightly larger. 
WING ee Gee JOE2be., 
BEAK spe ica tOre at 
TARSO-METATARSUS 1°9_,, 
Eae ee reg eG (beet. 
SPOTTED REDSHANK. Zotanws fuscus (Linneus). 
Coloured Figures.—Gould, ‘ Birds of Great Britain,’ vol. iv, pl. 
55; Dresser, ‘ Birds of Kurope,’ vol. viii, pls. 567 figs. 2, 
568 figs. 2, 3, 569 fig. 1; Lilford, ‘Coloured Figures,’ 
vol. v, pl. 51. 
This beautiful Sandpiper alights on our shores as an 
occasional visitor during the spring and autumn migration. 
