142 SCOLOPACID/E. 



also found on the edges of rivers, lakes, mud banks, &c. It is said to swim 

 well, and also to dive when in danger. 



178. Totanus HaUghtoni, Sir. F. iv. p. 344 ; Hume arid Dav., 

 S/r. F. vi. p. 463; Hurting, Ibis, 1883, p. 133, pi.; Oates, B. Br. Burvi. ii. 

 p. 466; Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 623, No. 1307. Pseudototanus 

 Haughtoni, Hume, Str. F. v'n. p. 113; Hume arid Marsh., Game Birds \\\. 

 p. 4O4 pi.; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 241. — Armstrong's Yellow Shank. 



In winter plumage, resembles generally Totanus canescetis, h\xi\\z?,zn\\xch. 

 broader and more massive bill, a much stronger tarsus (male i"85 ; female 

 1-65), and the webs between the three anterior toes very much more developed. 

 It differs from T. canesccns in its smaller size, more robust bill, with the lateral 

 groove slightly more prolonged in proportion to the length of the bill, and in 

 having a palmation on both sides of the middle toe instead of on one side 

 only ; the tail does not extend beyond the end of the closed primaries, {Hume 

 and Hurting.) 



Hah. — Sea coast near Elephant Point and at Amherst in Tenasserim. One 

 was seen in the Calcutta market. 



177. Totanus dllbins, Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 256 ; Murray, 

 Avif. Brit. Ind. ii, p. 623, No. 1308 — The Allied Yellow Shank. 



Female. — Frontal zone greyish while, the feathers with mesial narrow 

 brown streaks ; crown of the head cinereous, the feathers edged with greyish 

 white ; an indistinct dusky spot between the base of the bill and the eye, 

 and a white supercilium ; chin and throat white ; neck in front and on the 

 sides greyish white, the feathers with narrow mesial dusky streaks ; back of 

 the neck ashy grey, also with mesial narrow dusky streaks ; breast greyish 

 white with dusky spots, which become linear lower down and on the sides 

 and flanks, forming interrupted lines ; abdomen and under tail coverts white ; 

 upper back, scapulars and tertials ashy brown, the feathers dark shafted ; the 

 tertials reach beyond the fourth quill, and are edged and tipped with fulvous 

 white ; primaries dark broivn, 7iearly black, paler on their inner ivebs, and all 

 white shafted, except at their tips ; secondaries ashy grey, white-shafted and 

 margined and tipped with white ; greater, median and lesser coverts ashy grey, 

 the feathers dark-shafted and edged and tipped with white, more broadly on 

 the median and lesser wing coverts ; first two rows of feathers on the shoulder 

 earthy brown, edged rufescent ; axillaries and thigh coverts white ; lower back 

 and rump dusky brown, the feathers edged and tipped with white ; upper tail 

 coverts the same, but the brown very much paler ; tail pale earthy brown, the 

 feathers with distinct pale margins and tips, the central feathers very slightly 

 darker ; tarsi short, 1*37 inches ; toes slender, fringed on the sides and webbed 

 about I inch; mid-toe and claw ri2 ; tail from vent 2-62 ; bill at front i"62 ; 

 upper mandible slightly the longer and bent over at the tip ; wing 7* 12, ist 

 quill longest; irides dark brown. 



