230 CHARADRIID^E. 



southern Siberia to the Sea of Okhotsk, to about 5G N. lati- 

 tude. There are grounds for believing that it has nested in 

 the Camargue, southern France, and possibly in Tunisia. 

 In winter it ranges southwards to the Cape ; also to India, 

 Burma, China, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia. It 

 has occurred in Heligoland and the north of France. 



Totanus nebularius. GEEENSHANK. 



Scolopax nebularius Gunnerus in Leem, Beskr. Finm. 

 Lapp. 1767, p. 251 : Norway. 



Totanus canescens (Gmel.) JB. O. II. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 177; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 619. 

 Glottis nebularius (G-unn.) ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 



1896, p. 481. 



Nebularius= clouded, from nebula=& cloud. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Resident and a 

 Bird of Passage in spring and autumn to our shores and 

 inland waters, but scarce in winter. It breeds in Scotland 

 from Perthshire and Argyllshire northwards to Caithness 

 and Sutherland ; also in the Inner Hebrides, in the Isle of 

 Skye and perhaps in Tiree, in the Outer Hebrides and 

 perhaps occasionally in the Shetland Islands. 



General Distribution. The Greenshank breeds in the 

 northern portions of Europe and Asia, south of the Arctic 

 Circle, from north Scandinavia to eastern Siberia. On 

 migration it is found over the rest of Europe, and winters in 

 Africa, ranging southwards to Cape Colony ; also to southern 

 Asia, Japan, the Mnlay Archipelago, and Australia. It 

 occurs in the Canary Islands, and has been met with in 

 the Azores and in the United States. 



Totanus hypoleucus. COMMON SANDPIPER. 



Tringa - liypoleucos Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 149 : 

 Sweden. 



Tringoides hypoleucus (Linn.) ; J3. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 173; 

 Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 456. 



