GREEN SANDPIPER 107 



The Black-tailed Godwit. 



Limosa limosa. 



Eastern Siberia to Australia in winter. 



Above ashy brown, with slightly paler edges to feathers; lower back 

 blackish and brown; upper tail-coverts white, long ones tipped with 

 black; greater wing-coverts broadly tipped with white; tail white at the 

 base, with broad black terminal band; upper throat and underparts 

 white. Total length 16.5 inches, culmen 4.4, wing 8.8, tail 3, tarsus 3.2. 



Nest made of vegetation in marshy situations. The four 

 eggs are greenish-buff and marked with blotches of olive-brown. 

 They measure from 2.05 to 2.27 inches in length to 1.42 to 1.55 

 inches in breadth. 



Nests in the Northern Hemisphere. 



Genus Totanus. 

 Bill straight, not longer than tail. Tarsus longer than middle 

 toe. 



The Little Greenshank. 



Totanus stagnatilis. 



South-east Europe to North-east Asia and wintering in Africa, India, 

 Malay Archipelago, Moluccas, and Australia. 



Above nearly uniform ashy brown, some feathers margined with 

 white; lower back white; upper tail-coverts white and barred with black; 

 centre tail feathers ashy and barred with black, the remainder white, 

 freckled and barred; forehead white and sides of face white and streaked 

 with brown; under surface white. Total length 9..5 inches, culmen 1.6, 

 wing 5.2, tail 2.1, tarsus 2.1. 



A slight depression in the ground and the clutch usually four. 

 They are stone colour, boldly marked with dark-brown blotches, 

 and measure about 1.50 x 1.05 inch. 



These birds nest in the Northern Hemisphere. 



The Green Sandpiper. 



Helodromas ochropus. 



North-west Australia and Queensland (winter), Europe, North Asia, 

 Africa, India. 



Dark olive-brown, with a few very small white spots; the rump is 

 lik3 the back, but the upper tail-coverts are white, as are the tail feathers, 

 the latter having blackish bars; the under surface is white, with brown 

 streaks on the lower throat and fore-neck. 



