TOTANUS. 



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TOTANUS CALIDRIS. 



COMMON REDSHANK. 



Totanus dorso postico albo : secundariis fere omnino albis. 



Diagnosis. 



No difference can be found between Atlantic and Pacific examples of this species. 



Variations. 



Scolopax totanus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 145 (1758). 



Tringa totanus, -s 



Tringa totanus striatus, VBrisson, Orn. v. pp. 188, 196, 200 (1760). 



Tringa totanus naevius, J 



Scolopax calidris, \ 



Tringa gambetta, > Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. pp. 245, 248 (1766). 



Tringa striata, J 



Totanus calidris (Linn.), Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 284 (1803). 



Gambetta calidris {Linn.), Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 54 (1829). 



Synonymy. 



Plates. — Daub. PI. Enl. nos. 827, 845; Gould, Birds of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 54; Dresser, Birds of Literature. 



Europe, viii. pi. 568. fig. 1, pi. 569. fig. 2. 

 Habits. — Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 140. 

 Eggs. — Secbolim, British Birds, pi. 32. figs. 1, 2, 3. 



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