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LIMICOL^. 



The Dusky Redshank, sometimes called the Spotted Redshank, is 

 a winter visitor to the Japanese coasts. There are several examples 

 in the Swinhoe collection from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, 



Totanus fuscus. 



p. 453), and nine in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. It is 

 recorded by Captain Blakiston in the ' Chrysanthemum ' as having 

 been obtained by Mr. Snow on the Kurile Islands. 



The Dusky Redshank breeds on the tundras of the Old World 

 from Lapland to Bering Straits. It visits the British Islands in 

 winter as well as Japan. 



322. TOTANUS CALIDRIS. 



(COMMON REDSHANK.) 



Scolopax calidris, Linneua, Syst. Nat. i. p. 246 (1766). 



The Common Redshank has a white lower back and rump, but its 

 secondaries are nearly uniform white. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 567. fig. 1 (summer 

 plumage), pi. 569. fig. 2 (winter plumage), pi. 568. fig. 1 (young in 

 first plumage) . 



