SPOTTED REDSHANK. 587 



CU.\ LLA TORES. SCOLOPA CIDM. 



THE SPOTTED REDSHANK. 



Scolvpax totanus, Spotted Snipe, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 59. 



Redshank, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Snipe, Supplement. 



,, Redshank, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 73. 



Totanus fuscus, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 102. 



Dusky Sandpiper, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 69. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 196. 



Spotted Redshank, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 



Chevalier arlequin, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 639. 



TOTANUS. Generic Cliaracters. Beak of moderate length, sometimes long, 

 straight, or very slightly curved, soft at the base, hard, solid and cutting at the 

 point, compressed throughout the whole length, ending in a sharp point ; both 

 mandibles grooved at the base ; the extreme end of the upper mandible slightty 



