228 CHARADRIIDJI. 



In winter it visits Africa, ranging southwards to the Cape ; 

 also India, Burma, China, Japan, the Philippine Islands 

 and the Malay Archipelago. 



Tot anus fuscus. SPOTTED REDSHANK. 



Scolopax fllSCa Linnceus (nee Linn. 1758), Syst. Nat. 

 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 243 : Europe. $. 



Totanus fuscus (Linn.} ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 176 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 409; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 617. 

 J*itscws=dark, dusky. 



Distribution in the British Islands. An irregular and 

 somewhat scarce Bird of Passage in summer and autumn and 

 occasionally found in winter ; chiefly met with on the east 

 coast of England, less frequently on the south, and rarely 

 on the west. In Scotland it has been recorded about 

 twenty times, mostly in the south-west, while to Ireland it is a 

 rare visitor, most frequently recorded from the Moy estuary, 

 between cos. Mayo and Sligo. 



General Distribution. The Spotted Redshank breeds in 

 the Arctic portions of Europe and Asia, from the northern 

 parts of Scandinavia and Russia across Siberia to Kamchatka 

 and the Commander Islands. In winter it visits the Mediter- 

 ranean basin, north Africn, India, Burma, China, and Japan. 

 It is accidental in Cape Colony. 



Totanus melanoleucus. CHEATER YELLOWSIIANK. 



Scolopax melanoleuca Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, 

 p. 659 : Labrador. 



Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 

 1896, p. 426 ; Griffith, Bull. B. O. C. xix. 1906, p. 7. 



MelanoleiMHis^neXa", black, and Xeu/cos, white. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. It 

 has occurred once in Tresco, Scilly Islands, Sept. 1900. 



