228 chakadkiidjE. 



In winter it visits Africa, ranging southwards to tlie Cape ; 

 also India, Burma, Cliina, Japan, the Philippine Islands 

 and the Malay Archipelago. 



Totanus fuscus. Spotted Redshank. 



Scolopax fusca Linncms (nee Linn. 1758), Syst. Nat. 

 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 243 : Europe. ^. C 



Totanus fuscus {Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 176 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 409 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 617. 

 fttscits=dark, dusky. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — An irregular and 

 somewhat scarce Bird of Passage in summer and autumn and 

 occasionally found iu winter ; chiefly met with on the east 

 coast of England, less frequently on the south, and rarely 

 on the west. In Scotland it has been recorded about 

 twenty times, mostly in the south-west, while to Ireland it is a 

 rare visitor, most frequently recorded from the Moy estuarj^, 

 between cos. Mayo and Sligo. 



General Distribution. — The Spotted Redshank breeds iu 

 the Arctic portions of Europe and Asia, from ihe northern 

 parts of Scandinavia and Russia across Siberia to Kamchatka 

 and the Commander Islands. In winter it visits the Mediter- 

 ranean basin, north Africa, India, Burma, China, and Japan. 

 It is accidental in ('ape Colony. 



Totanus melanoleucus. Gkeatek Yellowsqank. 



Scolopax melanoleuca Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, 

 ]). 659 : Labrador. 



Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 

 1896, p. 426 ; Griffith, Bull. B. O. C. xix. 1906, p. 7. 



Melanoleucus= neXai, Uaok, and XeuKos, white. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Bare Visitor. It 

 has occurred once in Tresco, Scilly Islands, Sept. 1906. 



