CHAEADBIID^ 



TOTANUS 393 



the feathers are black-centred ; the chest and foreneck have 

 numerous ovate black spots. 



Distribution. — The Greenshank is found during the northern 

 summer breeding in Northern Europe and Asia from Scotland to 

 the Stanovoi mountains in Siberia ; during the northern winter it 

 migrates southwards to the Mediterranean basin, Africa, Southern 

 Asia, the Malay regions and Australia. 



In South Africa this is one of the commonest of the visiting 

 European Waders and has been met with between October and 

 March throughout the whole country, both on the coast and inland, 

 wherever suitable conditions occur. 



Pig. 129. — Head of Totanus glottis, x \\ 



The following are the chief recorded localities : Cape Colony — 

 Port Nolloth, December, and Cape division, September, October 

 (S. A. Mus.), Knysna, March, April (Victorin), January (Andersson), 

 Port Elizabeth (Brown), East London (Rickards and Wood), 

 Orange Eiver, near Upington, December (Bradsbaw), near Aliwal 

 North, common (Whitehead) ; Natal— Along the coast (Seebohm), 

 about Newcastle, September, October (Butler) ; Orange Eiver 

 Colony — Modder Eiver, December, and Kroonstad (Barratt) ; 

 Transvaal — Potchefstroom, October, September, March (Ayres), 

 Komatipoort, September (S. A. Mus.) ; Ehodesia — Inyati, Septem- 

 ber (Oates), about Salisbury, September (Marshall) ; German 

 South-west Africa — Walvisch Bay, October, Otjimbinque, January 

 (Andersson) ; Portuguese East Africa — Tete on the Zambesi, August 

 (Alexander). 



Habits. — The Greenshank is a somewhat shy bird ; it is some- 

 times seen in flocks, especially about the seashore or the estuaries 



