Tas. LX XVI. 
TOTANUS GLOTTOIDES. 
Tot. supra fuscescenti-griseus, capite colloque fusco striatis, dorso alisque strigis fascwsque fuscis 
undulatis ; fronte corporeque toto subtus nivers; rectricibus duabus medis grisescentibus, 
lateralibus albis ; quatuor mediis utrinque, cceterts eaterné, fusco fasciatis. 
Statura formaque Tot. glottidis; differt notis supernis eracilioribus, corporeque subtus toto 
niveo, haud notato. 
Tus interesting species of Zotanus is nearly allied to our European Greenshank, to which it bears a close 
resemblance in general colour and in the hue of its tarsi. It is, however, much inferior in size, and besides 
exhibits other specific characters by which it is easily distinguished. Of these we mention only, as the principal, 
that in the Himalayan bird the throat, breast and under parts are pure white, while in the Greenshank they 
are blotched with brownish olive. As regards habits and manners, the two birds partake alike of the same 
propensities ;—the morasses and marshy districts, among the defiles of the chain of Himalayan mountains, 
affording the Totanus glottoides a resort similar in its nature to the low marshes of Europe. It appears to be 
quite new, and we are not aware of its existence in any European collection, excepting that of the Zoological 
Society, in which is deposited the specimen from which the figure in the ‘‘ Century” was taken. 
The general colour of the upper parts is of a light greyish brown, each feather having a lighter margin ; 
the top of the head and back of the neck are white, thickly spotted with brown striz; the tail is white barred 
with brown, the two middle feathers being entirely grey; the under surface is generally pure white. 
The figure is of the natural size. 
