COMMON KEDSHANK 341 



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obtained near Marazion, in Cornwall, by E. Vingoe, on 

 September 12th, 1871 (Rodd, ' Birds of Cornwall,' p. 93). 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. Top of head and back 

 of neck, greyish-white, striped with black ; back and wings, 

 light brown, with blotches and transverse bars of black on 

 the scapulars and secondaries ; tail-feathers, white with 

 several light brown bands, which are broadest on the central 

 pairs ; upper tail-coverts, white with dusky-brown bars ; 

 chin, breast, and abdomen, white ; neck, also white, thickly 

 striped with light brown ; axillaries, white, barred with 

 ash-brown. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage. 

 Adult winter, male and female. General colour of the 

 top of the head, back, scapulars, and wings, light greyish- 

 brown ; neck and throat, whitish, the streaks being scarcely 

 visible. 



Immature, male and female. Eesembles the adult winter- 

 plumage, but the feathers of the back, scapulars, and wings, 

 are tinged with brownish-white. 

 BEAK. Black, and slender. 

 FEET. Bright yellow. 

 IBIDES. Blackish-brown. 



EGGS. Pale buff, blotched with dark and light brown : 

 clutch, four. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 

 TOTAL LENGTH ... ... ... 10*75 in. 



WING 6-4 



BEAK 1-4 



TARSO-METATARSUS 2 ,, 



EGG 1-65 X I'l in. 



COMMON REDSHANK. 1 Totanus calidris (Linnams). 



Coloured Figures. Gould, ' Birds of Great Britain,' vol. iv, pi. 

 54 ; Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' vol. viii, pis. 567 fig. 1, 

 568 fig. 1, 569 fig. 2 ; Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. v, 

 pi. 49. 



The Common Kedshank is the most plentiful, widely 

 distributed, and familiar of the true Sandpipers (Totanus), 



1 Casual observers often misapply the name 'Kedshank' to the 

 Black-headed Gull, which also has red legs. 



