28 GREENSHANK. 



GREENSHANK. 



CINEREOUS GODWIT. 

 PLATE CLXVIII. 



Scolopax glottis, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Scolopax canescens, PENNANT. GMELIN. LATHAM. 



Totanus glottis, FLEMING. SELBY. 



Limosa grisea, BRISSON. 



Limosa glottis, STEPHENS. 



rriHE nest of this bird is a small hollow, with a few 

 fragments of heath or grass placed within it. 

 The eggs, of a pear shape, as in the kindred 

 species, are four in number, of a very pale yellowish - 

 green colour, sprinkled all over with irregular spots 

 of dark brown and blots of light purple grey, with 

 fewest of either on the smaller end. 



