272 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
plumage, but much more sqgghan in winter dress, extending 
across the throat and far on the sides of the breast” (See- 
bohm). 
Distribution: Breeds in Scotland and in the more north- 
erly parts of continental Europe, and in Asia as far east as the 
Stanoi Mountains. Ranges in winter as far as South Africa and 
Australia. 
Habitat : High mountain marshes or loch sides, resorting to 
the sea-coast in winter. 
TEREK SANDPIPER. 
Totanus terekius (Laéf.). 
Adult (Summer): Adove pale hair-brown, mixed with 
white about the neck and streaked with blackish on crown and 
centre of back ; some of innermost secondaries almost entirely 
blackish-brown ; primaries and least wing-coverts dark brown, 
some of inner primaries and secondaries broadly tipped with 
wite; sides of head, sides of neck and chest streaked with 
brown; under parts otherwise and axcllaries pure white; bill 
blackish, greenish at base beneath ; legs and feet pale green ; 
irides blackish-grey, Length 8 inches; culmen 1°75; wing 5; 
tail 2°25 ; tarsus I. 
Adult (Winter): Greyer in general tint than in summer, 
with scarcely any black about the back and little on the scapu- 
lars, and tinged here and there with fulvous. 
Young in first plumage: Resemble adults in summer, 
but are more conspicuously streaked on the back with blackish. 
Distribution : Found in summer in North-eastern Europe 
and Asia from lat. 65° to lat. 70°. Ranges in autumn to the 
Southern Asiatic shores. 
Habitat: Very like the Common Sandpiper, frequenting 
the margins of inland lakes or streams: the sea-coast in 
winter. 
Genus LIMOSA. 
BAR-TAILED GODWIT. 
Limosa lapponica (Zznz.). 
Adult Male (Summer) : Above dark brown, spotted with 
