98 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



SPOTTED REDSHANK. Totanus fuscus, L. 



Yarrell, iii. p. 474; Harting, p. 46; Dresser, viii. p. 165; See- 

 bohm, iii. p. 145 ; Ibis List, p. 176. 



The Spotted or Dusky Kedshank is a rare spring 

 and autumn visitant. One was shot at Weymouth, 

 September 7, 1853, and one at Lodmoor, September 

 i, 1856 (W. Thompson); a third was shot by Mr. 

 T. M. Pike at the junction of the Wareham river 

 with the Poole estuary, September 8, 1877. 



GREENSHANK. Totanus canescens, (Gmelin). 



Yarrell, iii. p. 483; Dresser, viii. p. 173; Ibis List, p. 177; 

 Totanus glottis, Harting, p. 46; Seebohm, iii. p. 149. 



The Greenshank is a spring and autumn visitant, 

 and is occasionally found inland, but is never so 

 common as the Kedshank. It has been met with in 

 the neighbourhood of Weymouth and Poole ; but at 

 the latter place Mr. Pike considers it "rather rare, 

 occurring in autumn, but never in any numbers." 

 One was killed at Lytchett Maltravers in the autumn 

 of 1872. 



BLACK-TAILED GOD WIT. Limosa melanura, Leisler. 



Limosa segocephala, Yarrell, iii. p. 488 ; Dresser, viii. p. 211; 

 Ibis List, p. 178 ; Totanus melanurus, Seebohm, iii. p. 162 ; 

 Scolopax lapponica, Pulteney's List, p. 14. 



The Black-tailed Godwit in this county is a very 

 uncommon visitant in spring and autumn. Pulteney 



