370 TEN YEAKS IN SWEDEN. 



Breeds only, as far as I could see, in the far north, 

 and is met with in the south only during the periods of 

 migration. I believe, however, that both have an equally 

 high northern range. 



Eggs smaller than the last, and much more difficult to 

 procure. I have generally seen them lighter in colour. 



The terek godwit, L. Cinerea, Gm. which may be dis- 

 tinguished from either of the last by being only half the 

 size, by its long, very recurved beak, and by its uniform 

 grey colour at all seasons, never with a rufous tinge, is com- 

 mon around Archangel, and is probably to be met with 

 occasionally on the Scandinavian continent. 



Gen. TotanuSj Bechst. 



Beak long, nearly straight, at the root weak and com- 

 pressed ; round and hard at the tip, upper mandible longest ; 

 nasal furrow longer in some than in others ; nostrils small, 

 basal ; legs long, naked higher up over the knee than in the 

 tringa, but in both the hind toe is small, and only reaches 

 the ground with its tip. 



Subgen. Glottis, Nilss. 



Beak long, recurved at the tip ; nasal furrow does not 

 extend half way down the beak ; middle feather of the tail 

 longest. 



192. TOTANUS GLOTTIS, Bechst. Gluttsnappa. The Green- 

 shank. P. F. 



Beak as long as the tarsus, much higher than it is 

 broad; legs long; middle of the back and rump, white 

 at all seasons ; tail white, with small brown transverse 

 bands; shaft of the first pinion feather white, the rest 

 brown; axillary plume slightly banded with light 

 brown ; length 14 in. ; wing from carpal joint 7 in. ; 

 beak 2f in. ; tail 3 in. ; front of the back and shoulders 

 rusty grey, with large dark longitudinal spots on the 

 feathers ; all the under parts white ; head and neck 

 lighter than the back; legs yellowish green; beak 

 blackish in the young, blue-grey from the root to the 



