TOTANUS.] AVES GRALLATORES. 197 



T. Calidris, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 643. Redshank Sand- 

 piper, Selb. lllust. vol. n. p. 72. pi. 16. f. 1. Redshank, Mont. 

 Orn. Dict.fy Supp. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. p. 71. 



DIMENS. Entire length twelve inches two lines : length of the bill 

 (from the forehead) one inch seven lines and a half, (from the gape) one 

 inch ten lines; of the tarsus one inch ten lines; of the naked part of the 

 tibia nine lines; of the middle toe one inch four lines and a half; of the 

 tail two inches ten lines ; from the carpus to the end of the wing six 

 inches eleven lines: breadth, wings extended, twenty-one inches nine 

 lines. 



DE SCRIPT. (Winter plumage.) Crown of the head, space between the 

 eye and the bill, back of the neck, upper part of the back, scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts, cinereous brown, darkest on the shafts of the feathers; 

 throat, and streak above the eye, white ; sides of the head, fore part of 

 the neck, and breast, grayish white, the shafts of the feathers brown ; 

 lower part of the back, belly and abdomen, white : greater quills with 

 their coverts dusky brown ; secondaries white for a considerable portion 

 of their length : tail and upper tail-coverts with transverse zigzag bars of 

 white and deep brown : bill red ; the tip black : irides brown : feet pale 

 red. (Summer plumage.) A white streak from the base of the upper 

 mandible to the eye : all the upper parts cinereous inclining to olivaceous 

 brown, with a broad longitudinal dusky streak in the middle of each 

 feather ; lower part of the back white : sides of the head, throat, front of 

 the neck, breast, and belly, white, spotted and streaked with blackish 

 brown : tail barred with black and white, and tipped with pure white, the 

 white passing into ash-colour on the four middle feathers: legs, and 

 basal half of the bill, bright vermilion-red. (Young, till after the first 

 moult.) Upper parts dark cinereous brown, all the feathers edged with 

 yellowish white; on the back and scapulars this edging assumes the 

 form of angular spots; wing-coverts dusky brown, edged and tipped with 

 yellowish white : throat whitish, dotted with brown ; neck and breast 

 cinereous, with longitudinal narrow streaks ; belly white ; flanks, abdo- 

 men, and under tail-coverts, spotted with brown : tip of the tail reddish : 

 bill livid flesh-colour ; the tip brown : legs orange-yellow. (Egg.) Pale 

 reddish white, tinged with green ; blotched, spotted, and speckled, with 

 dark red brown : long. diam. one inch six lines and a half; trans, diam. 

 one inch two lines. 



Not uncommon on the coast during the autumnal and winter months. 

 Retires inland to breed. Nest placed in marshes and wet pastures. 

 Eggs four in number. Food, insects and worms, and bivalve mollusca. 

 Obs. The Gambet of Pennant is either this species, or a Ruff in winter 

 plumage. 



189. T. Ochropus, Temm. (Green Sandpiper.} 

 Upper parts greenish brown : tail barred with brown and 

 white; the two outer feathers on each side almost entirely 

 white: bill and legs greenish. 



T. Ochropus, Temm. Man. d Orn. torn. H. p. 651. T. Glareola, 

 Markwick in Linn. Trans, vol. i. p. 128. tab. 11. Green Sand- 

 piper, Mont. Orn. Diet, fy Supp. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. 

 p. 85. Selb. lllust. vol. n. p. 75. pi. 16. f. 2. 



DIMENS. Entire length nine inches eight lines : length of the bill 

 (from the forehead) one inch three lines and a half, (from the gape) one 



