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TOTANUS OCHEOPUS. 



(GREEN SANDPIPER.) 



Tringa , Brisson, Orn. v. p. 177, pi. xvi. fig. 1 (1760). 



Tringa ochropus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 250 (1766). 

 Le Becasseau, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 534 (1780). 

 Tringa ochropus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 676 (1788). 

 Totanus ochropus (L.), Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 420 (1815). 

 Helodromas, Kaup (Totanus ochropus, L.), Natiirl. Syst. p. 144 (1829). 

 Totanus rivalis, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 642 (1831). 

 Totanus leucourus, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 643 (1831). 

 Totanus leucurus, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 313 (1855). 

 Actitis ochropus (L.), Jerdon, B. of India, ii. p. 698 (1863). 



Chevalier cul-blanc, French ; Lavandera, Spanish ; Culbianco, Italian ; Sweida, Maltese ; 

 punktirter Wasserlaufer, Schwalbenschnepfe, German ; het Witgatje, Dutch ; Svalesneppe, 

 Svaleklire, Danish ; Graabenet Sneppe, Norwegian ; Grabent Snappa, Swedish ; Mustasiipi- 

 vikla, Finnish. 



Figuroe notabiles. 



D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 843 ; Werner, Atlas, Gralles, pi. 21 ; Kjjerb. Orn. Dan. taf. 36 ; Frisch, 

 Vog. Deutschl. taf. 239 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 38. fig. 2 ; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. 

 taf. 197; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 41. fig. 1; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 315. fig. 1 ; id. 

 B. of G. Brit. iv. pi. 56 ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 245. 



Ad. ptil. (est. pileo, capitis lateribus et collo saturate fuscis, albo striatis : corpore suprk et tectricibus alarum 

 saturate fuscis vix olivaceo nitentibus, punctis albidis adspersis : remigibus nigro-fuscis : uropygio imo, 

 supracaudalibus et cauda ad basin albis : rectrice extima utrinque alba, reliquis nigro-fuscis albo 

 faaciatis : mento albo : collo reliquo et hypochondriis albis nigro-fusco notatis et fasciatis : corpore 

 reliquo subtiis albo : rostro nigro, versus basin griseo tincto : iride fusca : pedibus pallide plumbeis. 



Ptil Mem. capite et collo postico griseo-fuscis nee striatis : stria albida a basi rostri supra oculos producta : 

 capitis lateribus vix albido striatis : corpore suprk ut in ptilosi aestivali colorato, sed haud albo 

 punctato. 



Adult in summer (Malaga, 24th June) . Crown, sides of the head, and the neck blackish brown, striped with 

 white; entire upper surface of the body and of the wings blackish brown with a faint olivaceous 

 metallic gloss, marked all over with small white spots ; lower rump and upper tail-coverts pure white : 

 tail white at the base, the outer feather on each side also white, the next in order white, slightly 

 marked with blackish brown, rest of the tail on the terminal half blackish brown, marked with three 

 white bars and slightly tipped with white ; chin pure white ; rest of the neck and flanks white, closely 

 marked with blackish brown, entire remaining underparts pure white ; bill blackish with a greyish tinge 



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