TOTANUS CANESCENS. 687 
near Hast London. It was sent from Natal by Mr. Hilliard, and 
was met with sparingly near Newcastle in winter and spring by 
Majors Butler and Feilden and Captain Reid; while, according to 
Mr. Ayres, it also occurs in the Transvaal, but is scarce. Mr. Frank 
Oates, during his journey to the Zambesi, obtained this species at 
Inyati in October, and at Sibanani in December, and Sir John Kirk 
found it frequenting open sandy places on the river bank along the 
Zambesi and Shire rivers. 
Mr. Andersson obtained several specimens in Damara Land, and 
Senor Anchieta has met with it at Benguela and at Novo Redondo. 
Bill dusky ; feet greenish-grey; upper parts glossy greenish- 
brown, transversely banded and undulated with dark brown ; lower 
parts white, excepting the fore-part and sides of the neck, which 
are greyish, with faint dusky lines. Young, with upper parts lighter, 
the feathers margined with dusky and reddish; iris hazel. Length, 
S60 > wing, 4°’ 9" ; tail, 2°56”. 
Fig. Dresser, B. Eur, viii, pl. 549. 
659. Toranus canescens, Gm. Greenshank. 
Totanus glottis, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 325. 
The Greenshank is as common as the Green Sandpiper, and is 
found on all vleys throughout the country. Dr. Bradshaw procured 
it on the Orange River in December, 1851, and it occurs in Mr. 
Rickard’s list from Hast London, and in Captain Trevelyan’s from 
Kingwilliamstown. Mr. Ayres states that in Natal he found “ these 
birds very shy, and mostly gregarious, but sometimes solitary. They 
generally feed and intermix with the Curlews, frequently walking 
into the water till it reaches their bodies. The specimen sent 
seemed to have the remains of shrimps in the stomach.’ Mr. F. A. 
Barratt shot this species on a vley near the Modder River, also 
near Kronstadt and near Potchefstroom. They are often seen with 
Totanus ochropus flying about the farmers’ dams. Mr. Ayres has 
also procured it near Potchefstroom, and Mr. T. EH. Buckley found 
it fairly common along the Limpopo. Mr. Frank Oates met with 
the species on the Inquinquesi River in September, 1873, where 
it was called Tabi-tabi; it was also seen in Mashoona Land by 
Mr. Ayres. Mr. Andersson writes: “ The Greenshank is pretty 
common in Damara and Great Namaqua Land, in all suitable 
localities ; and I have reason to believe that it is abundant in the 
