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a much paler shade, succeeded by a narrow line of 

 clove-brown, which often runs into the last bar- 

 rings, seen in the summer state, particularly on 

 the long tertials. In all the feathers the shaft is 

 dark, and meets this dark line with a dilated end ; 

 the tail is similar, except in having fewer dark 

 bars, the inner webs of the outer feathers being 

 unmarked ; the centre feathers are of a deeper 

 grey, and have indications of the dark line upon 

 the edges; the under parts are pure white, the 

 shafts only on the sides of the neck and breast 

 being dark, and on the latter having the colours 

 dilated at the tips. In a young specimen, appa- 

 rently in the plumage of the first year, all the 

 upper parts are clove-brown, having the feathers 

 cut into with wood-brown, particularly on the 

 long tertials and coverts, where they take the 

 form of regular triangular markings ; the sides of 

 the breast are crossed with irregular clove-brown 

 bars, reaching, without being interrupted, to the 

 flanks; the tail is as in the adult, but without 

 the centre greyish feathers, and has the white 

 warts tinted with rufous wood-brown. 



THE GREEN TOTANUS, TOTANUS OCHROPUS, 

 Temm. Tringa ochropus, Linn. Totanus ochro- 

 pus, Temm., etc. Chevalier cul blanc, Temm. 

 The Green Sandpiper of British authors. The 

 birds belonging to the genus Totanus which we 

 have described, were of considerable size, and at- 



