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Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. It 

 has been obtained about eleven times : in Northumberland, 

 Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent, three times in Corn- 

 wall, Somersetshire, and Warwickshire ; also in cos. Galway 

 and Cork. One of these examples occurred in July, the 

 remainder between September and December. 



General Distribution. Bartram's Sandpiper breeds from 

 Alaska and British North America southwards to northern 

 Utah and northern Virginia. It winters in South America, 

 ranging to Argentina and Chile. It has occurred in Italy 

 and Malta, as well as in Australia. 



Genus TOTANUS Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. 1803, 

 p. 282. 



Type : T. totanus Linn. 

 Tetanus, latinized from the Italian Totaiw. Derivation unknown. 



Totanus totanus. REDSHANK. 



Scolopax totanus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 145 : 

 Sweden, 



Totanus calidris (Linn.) B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 176 ; 

 SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 414; Satmders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 615. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Resident, generally 

 distributed during the breeding-season, though less common 

 in the Shetland Islands and in Wales, and rare in the Outer 

 Hebrides. In autumn it is common along the coasts, but is 

 less numerous in winter, after the autumn passage has 

 ceased. 



General Distribution. The Redshank breeds in Iceland 

 and the Faeroes and throughout Europe and the Mediter- 

 ranean countries ; also eastwards through Asia, south of 

 about 55 N. latitude from Asia Minor to eastern Siberia. 



