GREENSHANK. 20? 



only at times ; and he states, that they are most 

 frequently found in the London marketf iff* April 

 and May, when beginning to assume^ the dark 

 markings of their summer plumage, and, we have 

 no doubt, they are at that time on their passage 

 northward. In Ireland, according to Mr. Thomp- 

 son, it is occasionally met with, but has not been 

 known to breed there. 



If the evidence of other observers is good, the 

 Greenshank has a most extensive European, as 

 well as extra European range, being met with 

 nearly over all the Continent of Europe ; near 

 Smyrna, in winter,* Trebisond,f India and China, J 

 Bengal, islands of Sunda,theMoluccas,|| and Java. 

 The North American bird mentioned by various 

 authors, has been placed by the Prince of Canino 

 as T. FZoridanus, and we know that a nearly allied 

 species has often been confounded with the true 

 European bird. 



The change exhibited by this species is not 

 nearly so marked as in the last, at the same 

 time, it presents many differences. In the breed- 

 ing state of birds shot in Sutherlandshire, from 

 the nests, and with the young accompanying 

 them, the crown and back of the neck appeared 

 greyish-black, having the colour broken by narrow 

 edgings of white on each feather ; on the centre 

 of the back the colour was nearly black, the edges 

 of the feathers slightly cut into with white, and 



* Strickland. f Keith Abbot. J Pennant. 



11 Temminck. Dr. Horsfield. 



