624 SCOLOPACID^l. 



OR A LLA TORES. SCOL OP A CIDJ2. 



THE SPOTTED REDSHANK. 



Totanus fuscus. 



Scolopax totanus, Spotted Snipe, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 59. 



Redshank, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Snipe, Supplement. 



Redshank, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 73. 



Totanus fuscus, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 102. 



Dusky Sandpiper, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 69. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 196. 



Spotted Redshank, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Chevalier arlequin, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 639. 



TOTANUS. Generic Characters. Beak of moderate length, sometimes 

 long, straight, or very slightly curved, soft at the base, hard, solid and 

 cutting at the point, compressed throughout the whole length, ending in 

 a sharp point ; both mandibles grooved at the base ; the extreme end of 



