TO TAN US 793 



( ad. (Washington). Differs from T. hypoleucus in having the upper 

 parts more boldly marked with blackish brown, the breast thickly, and 

 the rest of the under parts more sparsely spotted with brownish black ; 

 base of bill fleshy pink, the rest dusky brown ; legs pale pink ; iris brown, 

 Culmen I 1 10, wing 4 '4, tail 2'1, tarsus T05 inch. Sexes alike. In winter 

 the upper parts are olivaceous brown, without the bold dark markings ;. 

 wing-coverts barred with blackish ; under parts white ; the sides of lower 

 neck washed with pale ashy brown. The young bird has all the secondaries 

 barred with ashy brown, whereas in that of T. hypoleucus the 8th and 9th 

 are nearly white. 



Hal. North America generally, migrating in winter south to- 

 Brazil ; of rare and doubtful occurrence in Britain, but of still 

 more doubtful occurrence elsewhere in Europe. 



In habits and nidification it closely resembles T. hypoleucus, 

 but its eggs are different, being creamy drab or creamy ochreous 

 in ground-colour, the underlying shell-markings of an indistinct 

 neutral tint, and the surface spots and blotches rich dark 

 brown. In size they measure about T22 by 0'93. 



1094. GREY-HUMPED SANDPIPER. 

 TOTANUS BREVIPES. 



Totanus brevipes, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. vi. p. 410 (1816) ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 449 ; (Tacz.), F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 877 ; Eidgway, 

 p. 168 ; T. pulverulentus, Mull. Naturk. Verh. Land en Volkenk. 

 p. 152 (1829-44) ; Temm. and Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 109, 

 pi. 65 ; T. griseopygius, Gould, P.Z.S. 1848, p. 39 ; id. B. of 

 Austral, vi. pi. 38 ; T. incanus (nee. Gmel.), David and Oust. 

 Ois. Chine, p. 466 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 323. 



$ ad. (Japan). Upper parts almost uniform ashy grey, the rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, and middle tail-feathers bluer, the remaining tail-feathers 

 pale ashy grey ; a narrow line over the forehead to behind the eye white, 

 slightly marked with slaty black ; chin white ; neck striped ; the breast 

 and upper flanks narrowly barred with slaty blackish ; rest of under parts 

 white ; bill brown ; legs ochreous yellow ; iris dark brown. Culmen 1*6, 

 wing 6 -55, tail 3*0, tarsus 1*4 inch. Sexes alike. In winter many of the 

 feathers on the upper parts are narrowly margined with dull white ; the 

 sides of the head, neck, face, breast, and upper flanks ashy grey unbarred. 



Hob. Kamchatka, Eastern Siberia, and Japan, migrating 

 south for the winter to China, the Malay Archipelago, the 

 Papuan Islands, and Australia. 



Nothing appears to be on record respecting the habits or 

 nidification of this species. 



