TOTANUS. 



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TOTANUS CALIDRIS. 



COMMON BEDSHANK. 



ToTANUS dorso postico albo : secundariis fere omnino albis. 



Diagnosis. 



No difference can be found between Atlantic and Pacific examples of this species. 



Variations. 



Scolopax totanus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 145 (1758). 



Trill ga totanus^ -j 



Tringa totanus striatus, ^ Brisson, Orn. v. pp. 188, 196, 200 (1760). 



Tringa totanus nsevius, J 



Scolopax calidris, -v 



Tringa gambetta, > Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. pp. 245, 248 (1766). 



Tringa striata, J 



Totanus calidris (Linn.), Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 281 (1803). 



Gambetta calidris [Linn.), Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 54 (1829). 



Synonj-my. 



Plates. — Daub. PI. Enl. nos. 827, 845; Gould, Birds of Gt. Brit. i*'. pi. 54; Dresser, Birds of Literature. 



Europe, viii. pi. 568. fig. 1, pi. 569. fig. 2. 

 Habits. — Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 140. 

 Eggs. — Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 32. figs. 1, 2, 3. 



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