548 SCOLOPACID/E. 



The whole length measurement assigned by M. Temminck 

 in his Manual for Totanus hypoleucos, is seven inches three 

 lines, French ; that for Totanus macularius eight inches, 

 French ; surely this last must be a misprint. I have never 

 seen a specimen of T. macularius that approached to eight 

 inches, and all authors agree that T. hijpoleucos is the larger 

 bird of the two. 



The young chicks on leaving the shell are covered with 

 down of a dull drab colour, marked with a single streak of 

 black down the middle of the back, and with another behind 

 the ear. 



M. Temminck, in the fourth Part of his Manual, page 

 418, says, " the young of the year of this species are easily 

 distinguished from those of the Common Sandpiper, because 

 the under parts always bear some indications of the brown 

 oval shaped spots disposed over the breast and belly, notwith- 

 standing these spots do not appear till the winter season ; in 

 the early part of autumn the under parts are wholly white." 



This Spotted Sandpiper, Totanus macularius, of Tem- 

 minck, must not be confounded with the Totanus maculatus 

 of Bechstein, which is only another systematic name for our 

 Spotted Redshank, figured at page 520. 



