520 

 GRALLATORES. 



SCOLOrACICE. 



SCOLOPACIDJE. 



THE SPOTTED REDSHANK. 



Scolopax totmms, Spotted Snipe, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 59. 



,, ,, ,, Redshank, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, „ Snipe, ,, Supplement, 



,, ,, ,, Redshank, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 73. 



Totantisfiiscus, „ ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 102. 



, , ,, Dusky Sandpiper, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 69. 



,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 196. 



,, ,, Spotted Redshank, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 



jj ,, Chevalier arlequin, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 639. 



ToTANus. Generic Characters — Beak of moderate length, sometimes long, 

 straight, or very slightly curved, soft at the base, hard, solid and cutting at the 

 point, compressed throughout the whole length, ending in a sharp point; both 

 mandibles grooved at the base ; the extieme end of the upper mandible slightly 



