280 hUlTlSH BIRDS. [vol. xiv. 



In 1915 I several times watched Stone-Curlews feeding in 

 the fallows near Bledlow ; and on May 20th, 1917, I flushed 

 a pair at midday on the slopes of a neighbouring hill. Dr. 

 Hartert records having heard them over Tring in 1914 and 

 191 5. I have also heard them crying over the Tring valley 

 in 1919. Bertram Lloyd. 



ON THE OCCURRENCE OE THE ICELAND REDSHANK 

 IN THE BRITISH ISLES. 



The Iceland Redshank {Tringa totanus robusta) described 

 by Mr. E. Lehn Schioler in the Dansk. Orn. Foren. Tidskrifl, 

 XIII., p. 207, differs from T. t. totanus as follows : — The bill 

 and feet are stronger and stouter, the wings are usually longer, 

 and in breeding plumage, the upper-parts are darker and 

 browner, the under-parts more heavily spotted and broadly 

 barred black-brown. Mr. Schioler gives the following 

 measurements : Iceland breeding birds : 24 males, wing 

 157-171, bill 36.5-43 mm. ; 15 females, wing 158-170, bill 

 38-45 mm. Danish breeding birds : 28 males, wing 145- 

 160, bill 39-43.5 ; 20 females, wing 152-162, bill 40-46. It 

 will be seen that the measurements of the two forms overlap 

 somewhat. 



I have examined all the Redshanks with British localities 

 in the British and Tring Museums, but only six obtained in 

 May and June can be regarded with certainty as British 

 breeding birds. The remiges of these are necessarily some- 

 what worn. Their measurements are as follows : 4 males, 

 wing 154-158 mm., bill 38-43 mm. ; 2 females, wing 158- 

 160 mm., bill 36-41 mm. In winter plumage, T. t. robusta 

 can only be distinguished by its longer wing and stouter feet 

 from T. t. totanus. Among the large series of Redshanks 

 examined, obtained in the British Isles in all months of the 

 year, I came across some that undoubtedly belong to the 

 larger race which is probably a regular migrant to our shores. 

 Measurements of these birds are given below. 

 Natural History Museum, London. 

 Remarks Sex Date Locality 



9 Nov. Northumberland 



2 4/2/01 Kent 



9 8/1 2/10 North Whales 



Tring Museum. 

 9* No date Loch Fyne, Scotland 



In breeding No sex No date Marocco 

 plumage 



* The occurrence of these two birds has been pointed out by Dr. 

 Hartert, cf., Vog. pal. Fauna, \o\. H., p. 161 1. 



