94 WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



lower parts white ; on the breast tinged with rose 

 colour ; legs and feet vermilion. Length, from 

 bill to tail, fourteen inches. 



THE GREENSHANK. 

 (Totanus canescens.) 



Male. — The bill greenish-brown at base, black at 

 the end ; iris brown. Head, neck, back, scapulars, 

 and wing coverts brownish-grey, the feathers on 

 the upper parts edged with greyish-white ; primary 

 quills dusky brownish-grey ; tail white, waved with 

 brownish-grey. Throat and breast white, with some 

 dusky markings on the sides ; lower parts white ; 

 legs and feet grey green. Length, from bill to tail, 

 fourteen inches. 



This is as seen in winter, and will give a general 

 idea of the colouring, although we have not entered 

 into minute details. In summer, the fore-part of 

 the back and scapulars black, the feathers margined 

 with whitish colour ; fore-neck and breast marked 

 with oblong black spots. 



Female. — Similar in colour to the male. 



THE REDSHANK. 

 {Totanus calidris.) 



Male. — The bill brownish-black, the basal half 

 yellowish-red ; iris brown. Upper part of head 

 and hind-part and sides of neck dull light brown- 

 ish-grey ; fore-part of back, scapulars, and inner 



