TOTANUS. 623 



ffab. Throughout India during winter, also the Province of Burmah and 

 Ceylon ; usually solitary or in very small parties. It is a sea shore bird, but is 

 also found on the edges of rivers, lakes, mud banks, &c. It is said to swim 

 well, and also to dive when in danger. 



1307. TotanUS HaUghtoni, Sir. F. iv. p. 344 ; Hume and Dav., 

 Sfr. F. vi. p. 463; Harting, Ibis, 1883, p. 133, pi.; Dates, B. Br. Burm. ii. 

 p. 466. Pseudototanus Haughtoni, Hume, Sfr. F. vii. p. 113; Hume and 

 Marsh., Game Birds iii. p. 404 pi.; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 241. ARMSTRONG'S 

 YELLOW SHANK. 



In winter plumage, resembles generally Totanus canescens, but has a much 

 broader and more massive bill, a much stronger tarsus (male 1*85; female 

 1-65), and the webs between the three anterior toes very much more developed. 

 It differs from T. canescens in its smaller size, more robust bill, with the lateral 

 groove slightly more prolonged in proportion to the length of the bill, and in 

 having a palmation on both sides of the middle toe instead of on one side 

 only ; the tail does not extend beyond the end of the closed primaries. (Hume 

 and Harting.) 



Hal. Sea coast near Elephant Point and at Amherst in Tenasserim. One 

 was seen in the Calcutta market. 



1308. TotanUS dubiUS, Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 256. The 

 ALLIED YELLOW SHANK. 



Female. Frontal zone greyish white, the feathers with mesial narrow 

 brown streaks ; crown of the head cinereous, the feathers edged with greyish 

 white ; an indistinct dusky spot between the base of the bill and the eye, 

 and a white supercilium ; chin and throat white ; neck in front and on the 

 sides greyish white, the feathers with narrow mesial dusky streaks ; back of 

 the neck ashy grey, also with mesial narrow dusky streaks ; breast greyish 

 white with dusky spots, which become linear lower down and on the sides 

 and flanks, forming interrupted lines ; abdomen and under tail coverts white ; 

 upper back, scapulars and tertials ashy brown, the feathers dark shafted ; the 

 tertials reach beyond the fourth quill, and are edged and tipped with fulvous 

 white ; primaries dark brown, nearly black, paler on their inner webs, and all 

 white shafted, except at their tips ; secondaries ashy grey, white-shafted and 

 margined and tipped with white ; greater, median and lesser coverts ashy grey, 

 the feathers dark-shafted and edged and tipped with white, more broadly on 

 the median and lesser wing coverts ; first two rows of feathers on the shoulder 

 earthy brown, edged rufescent ; axillaries and thigh coverts white ; lower back 

 and rump dusky brown, the feathers edged and tipped with white ; upper tail 

 coverts the same, but the brown very much paler ; tail pale earthy brown, the 

 feathers with distinct pale margins and tips, the central feathers very slightly 

 darker ; tarsi short, 1*37 inches ; toes slender, fringed on the sides and webbed 



