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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE GREENSHANK. 



(Tetanus Glottis^ Bechst. Chevalier aboyeur, 

 Temm.) 



THIS figure was drawn from a stuifed specimen 

 of a bird, shot at Prestwick Car, near Newcastle, in 

 the breeding season, and on comparing it with 

 another bird, newly killed, at Otterburn, Northum- 

 berland, in September, 1821, it was evidently the 

 same species; the difference consisted in the latter 

 being somewhat larger. It weighed five ounces 

 and three quarters; length fourteen inches and a 

 half; and to the end of the toes sixteen inches and 

 five-eighths ; breadth twenty-four inches and a half. 

 The plumage on the upper parts was also darker 

 than in the former specimen. In both, the back, 

 breast, belly, and vent, were pure white; the tails 

 were also white, but partly tinged with yellow, and 

 barred with brownish wavy lines. The legs and 

 toes of both were dark green. The bill, in the 



