GREENSHANK. 



LIMICOLJ!. 



483 

 SCOLOPACID^E. 



TOTANUS CANESCENS (Gmelin*). 



THE GREENSHANK. 



Totanus glottis. 



THE GREENSHANK is not very abundant as a species, and 

 may be considered as a regular visitor in varying numbers 

 at about the periods of the vernal and autumnal migration, 

 on the passage to and from those northern localities in 

 which it passes the breeding-season. It is to be found most 

 frequently in the London market towards the end of April 

 and in May, its plumage then exhibiting to some extent 

 the darker streaks and spots which mark the commencement 

 of the summer dress. It is as abundant on the vernal as 

 on the autumnal migration, and although it is naturally 



* Scolopax canescens, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 668 (1788.) 



