764 GALLINAGOLIMICOLA 



Bdcassine sourde, French ; Narseja peqtiena, Portug. ; Aga- 

 chadiza pequena, Span. ; Frullino, Ital. ; Ifalbschnepfe, German ; 

 Bolcje, Dutch ; JErikelt-Beklcasin, Dan. ; Smaabekkasin, Norweg. ; 

 Hcdfenkel-Beckasin, Swed. ; fJcca-mdkastak, Lapp. ; Pieni Taivan- 

 jaara, Finn. ; Bekass-stooshik, Garschnep, Russ. 



<3 ad. (Lapland). A broad central and two superciliary stripes on the 

 crown black, the crown marked with deep rufous ; rest of head yellowish 

 buff; hind neck and fore back brown variegated with dark brown and 

 white ; back and scapulars black glossed with green and purple and 

 marked with chestnut ; a lateral ochreous stripe on each side ; wing-coverts 

 margined with dull grey ; rump black glossed with purple ; tail black 

 margined and mottled with rufous, the middle feathers elongated ; chin 

 and upper throat white ; lower throat, breast, and flanks greyish buff 

 clouded with reddish brown, and marked with dark brown ; rest of under 

 parts white, the under tail-coverts striped with brown ; bill yellowish 

 fleshy at base, otherwise blackish ; legs greyish, tinged with green at the 

 joints ; iris dark brown. Culmen T7, wing 4'25, tail I'D, tarsus 0'95 inch. 

 Female rather duller. In winter the upper parts are less glossed with 

 green and purple. 



Hal. Northern Europe and Asia, north to above the Arctic 

 Circle, breeding in the high north ; in winter south to Britain, 

 the Mediterranean, North Africa, India, Ceylon, and China; 

 rare in Japan in winter. 



Is less shy and lies closer than G. ccelestis, which it otherwise 

 much resembles, and like that bird remains hidden during the 

 day, and feeds in the evening and early morning, obtaining its 

 food chiefly by probing in the soft soil of the damp places it 

 frequents. It produces also a loud sound in the breeding season. 

 Its nest is a hollow in the ground scantily lined with a few 

 grass straws. The eggs, 4 in number, are very large for the 

 size of the bird, and are usually deposited in June ; they 

 resemble those of G-. ccelestis, but are more varied, often richer 

 in colour, and measure about 1/55 by 1-05. 



LIMICOLA, Koch, 1816. 



1059. BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER. 



LIMICOLA PLATYRHYNCHA. 



Limicola platyrhyncha (Temm.), Man. d'Orn. p. 398 (1815) ; (Hewitson), 

 ii. p. 359, pi. c. ; (Gould), B. of E. iv. p. 331 ; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 3, pi. 545 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 612 ; Blanf. F. 

 Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 279 ; Saunders, p. 577 ; Lilford, v. p. 74, 

 pi. 30 ; Poynting, p. 127j pi. 28 ; L. pygmcea, Koch (nee. Lath.)> 

 Baier. Zool. p. 316 (1816) ; Naum. viii. p. 271, Taf. 207 ; Gould, 

 B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 75. 



