SPOTTED REDSHANK 345 



shades of brown ; primaries, dark brown, the shorter inner 

 ones being variegated with white ; secondaries, chiefly 

 white, giving the extended wings the appearance of having 

 their hinder portions white ; lower back and rump, white ; 

 tail and upper tail-coverts, transversely barred with blackish- 

 brown and white ; chin, whitish ; throat, front of neck, 

 breast, and abdomen, streaked with light brown ; flanks and 

 axillaries, barred with brown ; under tail-coverts, white, 

 with dark streaks and spots. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage, but 

 the markings are less pronounced. 



Adult 'winter, male and female. Top of head, hind-neck, 

 back, scapulars, and wings, dull ash-colour ; front of neck 

 and breast, whitish with some streaks of ash-brown ; throat 

 and abdomen, white ; axillaries, pure white. 



Immature, male and female. Top of head, hind-neck, 

 back, scapulars, and wings, greyish-brown, edged and 

 chequered with buff; cheeks, rest of neck, throat, and breast, 

 greyish, with darker streaks ; flanks and under tail-coverts, 

 white, slightly streaked with greyish - brown ; abdomen, 

 white ; tail, marked similarly to that of the adult. 



BEAK. Deep orange at the base ; point, blackish-brown. 



FEET. Orange-red. 



IRIDES. Blackish-brown. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH ... 11 in. Female slightly larger. 



WING 6"25 ,, 



BEAK 1-8 



TARSO-METATARSUS 1'9 ,, 



EGG 1-75 X 1'2 in. 



SPOTTED REDSHANK. Totanus foiscus (Linnaeus). 



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

 55 ; Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' vol. viii, pis. 567 figs. 2, 

 568 figs. 2, 3, 569 fig. 1 ; Lilford, Coloured Figures,' 

 vol. v, pi. 51. 



This beautiful Sandpiper alights on oar shores as an 

 occasional visitor during the spring and autumn migration. 



