176 SCOLOPACID^. 



Totanus calidris. REDSHANK. 



Tringa Calidris, Unnaus, S. N. i. p. 252 (1766). 



Totanus calidris, Naum. viii. p. 95 ; Macg. iv. p. 333 ; Hewit- 

 son, p. 329 ; Gray, p. 158 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 591 ; 

 id. ed. 3, ii. p. 628; Gould, iv. pi. 54; Harting, p. 46; 

 Dresser, viii. p. 157. 



The Common Redshank, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 524. 



Calidris, see p. 172. 



Resident in Great Britain and Ireland. Found all over 

 Europe and Asia, migrating in winter as far south as the 

 Cape colony and India. 



Totanus fuscus. SPOTTED REDSHANK. 

 Scolopax fuse a, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 243 (1766) . 



Totanus fuscus, Naum. viii. p. 123, xiii. p. 242; Macg. iv. 



p. 328; Hewitson, p. 326; Gray, p. 157; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. 



p. 587; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 624; Gould, iv. pi. 55; Harting, 



p. 46; Dresser, viii. p. 165. 

 The Spotted Redshank, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 520. 



Fuscus = dark, dusky. 



Occurs during migration, somewhat rarely, in the British 

 Islands. It inhabits Europe, Asia, and Africa generally. 



[Totanus flavipes. YELLOWSHANK. 



Scolopax flavipes, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 659 



(1788). 



Totanus flavipes, Gray, p. 158; Yarr. ed. 3, ii. p. 637; Hart- 

 ing, p. 137. 

 Yellow-shanked Sandpiper, Yarr. ed. 1, 2nd suppl. p. 45. 



Flavipes = yellow-footed ; from fldvus + pes. 



Of doubtful^ occurrence in the British Islands. Common 

 North America, migrating southwards in winter to Central 

 America, Chili, and Brazil.] 



