360 TOTANIN.E. 



THE LITTLE GKEEN SHANKS. 



Length, 10'5 ; wing, 5'5 ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, 2'25 ; bill at front, 

 1-6. 



Bill dusky-green ; hides brown ; legs pale green. 



Above pale ashy-brown, the nape streaked with dark -brown ; the 

 top of the head and neck, and the scapulars edged with whitish ; 

 eye brows and cheeks white, spotted with brown ; greater wing- 

 coverts pale ashy, edged whitish ; the lesser-coverts ashy-brown, 

 with paler edges, and the stem black ; quills brown black, the shafts 

 white ; lower back white ; tail white, with brown bands ; beneath 

 pure white ; the sides of the neck, of the breast, and the flanks 

 spotted with brown. 



The Lesser Green Shanks is not uncommon during the cold 

 weather in all parts of the region. 



Totanus fuscus, Lin. 



896. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 702 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 18 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of 

 Sind, p. 255; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 134. 



THE SPOTTED RED SHANKS. 



Length, 13 ; expanse, 22 '5 ; wing, 675 ; tail, 2*5 ; tarsus, 2 '8 ; 

 bill at front, 2*4. 



Bill blackish, orange at base beneath; irides brown; legs 

 orange-red. 



In winter plumage, the crown, nape, and back ashy-grey, 

 with fine dusky streaks ; a blackish patch between the bill and 

 the eyes, and a white streak above ; cheeks and neck variegated 

 white and ashy ; wing-coverts and scapulars grey, edged with 

 white ; rump pure white ; central tail-feathers uniform ash-grey, 

 narrowly edged with white ; rump pure white ; outer tail-feathers 

 with white and brown bars ; throat, breast, abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts pure white. 



In summer, the head, neck and under parts become dusky or 

 blackish-grey, and the vent and lower tail-coverts are barred 

 white and brown. 



During the cold season the Spotted Red Shanks is common in 

 Sind, occurs sparingly in Guzerat and Rajputana, but has not 

 been recorded from any part of the Deccan. 



Totanus calidris, Lin. 



897. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 702 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 18 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 

 IX, p. 430 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 256 ; 

 Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, 1885, p. 134. 



THE RED SHANKS. 



Length, 10'5 to 11'5 ; wing, 6 ; tail, 2'4 ; tarsus, T8 ; bill, 11. 

 Bill dusky, reddish at base ; irides brown ; legs pale red. 



