212 SCOLOPACID.E. 



belly the dusky marks spread into oblique lines. The tail and 

 its upper coverts are transversely barred with black and white : 

 on the four central feathers the white is tinged with ash. 



In winter plumage, the head, nape, back, scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts are cinereous brown, with darker shaft-streaks. 

 Throat, side of the head, front of the neck and breast, greyish 

 white, with narrow brown shafts ; rump, belly, and abdomen, 

 white ; legs paler red ; iris brown: 



The male and female differ little in plumage, but the 

 latter is the largest. 



Our plate represents a bird in intermediate plumage. 



The egg figured 179 is that of the Redshank. 



