262 CHABADEITDJE. 



In summer the markings above and below are better defined, the 

 crown and hind neck are broadly streaked, the tertiaries barred, 

 and the breast spotted. 



Bill greenish at the base, dusky black at the tip ; irides deep 

 brown ; legs pale greenish (Jerdon). 



Length 8-5; tail 2 ; wing 4*8; tarsus 1-5 ; bill from gape 1-3. 



Distribution. This Sandpiper breeds in Europe and Northern 

 Asia, and passes the winter in Africa, Southern Asia, the Malay 

 Archipelago, and Australia. It is common at that season throughout 

 India, Ceylon, and Burma, arriving in August and leaving in May. 



Habits, $c. On the whole this *s the commonest and most 

 abundant of the Sandpipers in India, and is found singly or in 

 small flocks on the edges of marshes, around reedy tanks, or in 

 paddy fields, as well as on the banks of rivers, but it is chiefly a 

 marsh bird. This and T. ochropus are commonly called " Snippets " 

 in India. 



1462. Tetanus ochropus. The Green Sandpiper. 



Tringa ochrophus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 250 (1766). 



Tetanus ochropus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 420; Anders. Yunnan 

 Exped., Aves, p. 679 ; Hume, Cat. no. 892 ; Scully, S. F. viii, 

 p. 357 ; Legge, Birds Cet/l. p. 8(32 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 86 ; Sutler, 

 ibid. p. 480 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 589 ; Reid, S. F. x, p. 71 ; 

 Damson, ibid. p. 414 ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 122 ; Barnes, Birds 

 Bom. p. 358 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 324 ; Seebohm, Charadr. p. 368 ; 

 Sharps, Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 141. 



Helodromas ochropus, Kaup, Natilrl. Syst. p. 144 j Oates, B. B. 

 ii, p. 400 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv, p. 437. 



Actitis ochropus, Blyth, Cat. p. 267 : Jerdon, B. 1. iii, p. 698 ; 

 Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 70 ; xli. pt. 2, p. 253 ; flutter, 

 S. F. iv, p. 18 ; v, p. 233 ; Ball, S. F. vii, p. L'28 ; Biddulph, Ibis, 

 1881, p. 96. 



Totanus ochrophus, Hume, S. F. \, p. 247 ; Adam, ibid. p. 396 ; Hume 



$ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 462 ; Cripps, S. F. vii, p. 303. 

 NeUa ulanka, Tel. 



Coloration in winter. Crown and hind neck brown with an ashy 

 tinge, lores the same with a white band above them ; back, scapulars, 

 tertiaries, and inner wing-coverts brown with an olive tinge, each 

 feather edged with alternating whitish and dark spots ; outer wing- 

 coverts, primaries, and secondaries darker brown, without markings ; 

 rump brown ; upper tail-coverts and base of tail white ; remainder 

 of tail broadly barred with dark brown, the bars disappearing on 

 the outer rectrices ; lower parts white ; sides of neck, fore neck, 

 and upper breast with narrow brown streaks, the upper breast 

 sometimes brownish throughout; under wing-coverts and axiilaries 

 brown, with narrow white bars. 



In summer the feathers of the crown and hind neck have white 

 edges ; the back, scapulars, and tertiaries are spotted with buff or 

 white ; and the brown streaks on the sides of the face, fore neck, 

 and upper breast are very broad and distinct. 



Bill dusky green, blackish at the tip ; irides brown ; legs dingy 



