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Length about 9| inclies. In winter plumage the upper parts 

 are greyish ashy brown, except for a few white flecks and bars 

 on the wing coverts. Lower back and rump white, slightly 

 spotted with black on the latter. A white bar across the out- 

 spread wing, formed by the white secondaries and the white 

 bases of the inner primaries. Tail whitish, barred with blackish 

 brown. Underparts white, spotted on throat and breast with 

 dark brown. Bill brown with a reddish orange base. Legs 

 and feet orange. 



In summer plumage the upper parts are strongly marked 

 with black and the underparts spotted with black. Legs and 

 feet bright orange red. 



394. Spotted Redshank. Totanus fuscus (Linnaeus). 

 Totanus fuscus. Shelley, p. 255. 



Of somewhat uncommon occurrence in winter and spring. 



Length about 12 inches. In winter plumage it much resembles 

 the redshank, but may always be distinguished by its much 

 longer and more slender bill and legs. The wing shows no 

 white bar, the secondaries being regularly barred with black 

 and white, none of them being entirely white. 



In summer the entire plumage is sooty black (faintly marked 

 with white spots on hind neck), with the exception of the lower 

 back and rump, which are white, and the wing coverts, which 

 are marked with white, as are also some of the tail feathers. 



395 Greenshank. Totanus nehularius (Gunner). 

 Totanus canescens. Shelley, p. 256. 



Not uncommon from October to March. 



Length about 14 inches. In winter plumage upper parts 

 ashy brown, mottled with whitish edges to the feathers, which 

 are freckled with darker brown. Lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail coverts white ; wing coverts brownish freckled with white ; 

 quills blackish. Tail feathers white, the centre ones irregularly 

 barred and the rest irregularly marked with dark brown; crown 

 and hind neck greyish brown streaked with dull white. Under 

 parts white, irregularly marked with brown on sides of the breast. 



In summer plumage the upper parts are boldly marked with 

 black, and on the under parts are spotted on the breast with 

 black. Bill blackish brown, lighter at the base ; legs and feet 

 yellowish grey. 



