LIMICOL^. 



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The Common Redshank has only very recently been added to the 

 list of Japanese birds; but there can be little doubt that it is a 

 frequent visitor on migration, since the Japanese Islands lie on the 



Totanus calidns. 



direct route from its most easterly breeding-grounds ia Siberia to the 

 Malay Archipelago, where it is known to winter. A young male in 

 first plumage was obtained at Giotoku, near Yokohama, on the 4th 

 of September, 1883 (Seebohm, Ibis, 1885, p. 363). 



The breeding-range of the Common Redshank extends from the 

 British Islands across Europe and Southern Siberia to the Sea of 

 Okhotsk, and possibly to Yezzo. 



323. TOTANUS GLOTTIS. 



(GREENSHANK.) 



Scolopax glottis, JAnneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 245 (1766). 



The Greenshank has a white lower back and rump; but its secon- 

 daries are nearly uniform grey. It is a large bird (wing from carpal 

 joint about 7 inches). 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 570. 



