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asliy brown, with dark transverse bars ; four central feathers of the 

 tail like the back, the rest tipped with white and with dark spots alongf 

 their edges; beneath white, iiill dusky; irides brown; legs pale green. 



Length.— 1 to 8 inches, wing 4-5, tail 2-4, tarsus 0*97 to 1, bill 0-97. 



Hob. — Less common than the two preceding, affects the sea coast 

 as \vell as lakes, &c., inland. Throughout India, Burmah, Malacca, &c. ; 

 also Beloochistan, Persia and Afghanistan. 



Gen. Totanus.— J3ec/i. 



Bill slightly curved at tip, groove half the length of the bill ; tarsi 

 with narrow scales in front, otherwise as in Actitis. 



Totanus glottis, Lin. ,- Gould. B. Eur. pi. 312 ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. 

 p. 700; Str. F. i. 247; Murray, Hdbk, Zool, ^c, Sind, p. 221.— The 

 Geeen Shanks. 



In winter the forehead, except a few brown streaks in the middle, 

 sides of the face, chin, throat, neck in front, and entire lower parts, 

 including the under tail-coverts, are white, also the lower back,- rump 

 and upper tail-coverts ; a dark streak from the base of the bill to the 

 eye; crown of the head, sides of the neck and nape dusky, the feathers 

 streaked whitish or greyish white ; sides of the breast white, mottled 

 with ashy brown ; upper back and scapulars brown, the feathers 

 edged whitish ; the scapulars distinctly dark shafted, also the tertiaries ; 

 primai-ies dark brown, the shaft of the first quill white, and the edges 

 and tips of the inner ones also white ; secondaries ashy brown, tipped 

 white ; tail white, with narrow transverse dark bars, the outer ones 

 nearly pure white ; bill slightly curved upwards, dusky greenish, 2 '2 

 in length ; irides brown. 



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Length. — 14 to 14-5 inches, wing 2 '2, tail 3' 75, tarsus 2' 75. 



Hab. — India generally during winter, along the sea coast, lakes, 

 rivers, &c. Widely distributed. Recorded from N. E. Europe, Red 

 Sea, Africa and Australia. Like all the Totanince it is excellent 

 eating. 



Totanus Stagnatilis, Bechst. ; P. E. 876, Gould. B. Eur. pi. 314 ; 

 id. B. As. vi. pi. 37; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 701; Murray, HadbJc., Zool., 

 Sfc, Sind, p. 221. — The Little Geeen Shanks. 



In winter the plumage of the upper parts are the same as Totanus 

 glottis; shoulder of the wing black ; entire under parts white; sides of 

 the breast not so much spotted or streaked with dark brown; bill not 

 curved upwards as in glottis; tail banded white and dusky. 



Length. — 10-5 inches, wing 5-25, tail 2, bill 1-Q2, tarsus 2'25 ; legs 

 pale green, irides brown. 



Llab. The same as glottis and usually associated with it. 



TotantlS fuscus, Lin. ; Gould. B. Eur. pi. 309 ; Jerd. B. Ind. 

 iii. p. 702; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., 8fc., Sind, p. 222.— The Spotted Red 

 Shanks. 



