372' TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



which on the throat,, and front of the breast are long and 

 close together ; on the belly fine and small, on the sides 

 transverse; tail white, finely barred with black. In 

 the winter the whole upper plumage is more ash grey, 

 and the under parts are less spotted ; the young bird is 

 more rusty. 



Much commoner everywhere than the last ; breeds in the 

 south, and goes up also quite as far north as the greenshank. 



194. T. Fuscus, Bechst. Svart Gra Snappa. The Dusky 



Eedshank. D. F. 



Beak as long as the tarsus ; the under mandible alone 

 red at the root ; legs brown-red ; never like the last, 

 deep red ; size rather larger than the last ; summer 

 dress grey-black ; back and shoulders with a metallic 

 gloss, and covered with very fine white spots; tail 

 black-grey, with twelve to fourteen white transverse 

 bands. 



The young bird is best known by its broad thick tarsus, 

 especially at the knee ; colour above ash or brown-grey, and 

 this is much the winter dress of the old birds. 



Although not uncommon in many parts of Scandinavia 

 during the seasons of migration, the summer home of the 

 dusky redshank is Lapland, and I never procured the eggs 

 from any other part of this country. Eggs four, considerably 

 larger than those of the redshank, thick, and have more the 

 colouring of the egg of the great snipe. They vary, how- 

 ever, I believe, much. 



195. T. OCHEOPUS, Tern. Grabent Snappa. The Green 



Sandpiper. D. 



Length about 9 in. ; beak same as tarsus, 1 in. 3 1. ; tail 

 even with the wings, about 2 in. ; the female rather the 

 largest, and the beak and legs about one -eighth longer ; 

 all the shafts of the wing feathers dark brown ; colour 

 of the under wing dark ; rump and lower part of the 

 back white ; upper body colour very dark brown, with 

 metallic gloss, covered with small white or yellowish 

 spots; axillary plume white, with black transverse 



