TOTANINiE. 
seek  for  among  the  grass  and  rushes.  The  nest  is  placed  under  a  tuft  of  grass  or  rushes  that  grow  on  the  margin  of 
rivers  or  lakes;  they  usually  scrape  a  shallow  hole  in  the  ground,  which  is  lined  with  dry  grass  and  other  vegetable 
remains.  The  eggs  are  four  or  five  in  number ;  and,  if  the  female  is  disturbed  while  sitting,  she  flics  quietly  off  for 
some  distance,  and  then  utters  a  cry  of  fear,  and  either  counterfeits  lameness,  or  flutters  along  the  ground  as  if  hurt, 
to  call  off  the  attention  of  the  intruder  from  her  progeny.  The  young  are  covered  with  down  when  first  hatched, 
which  is  quickly  changed  to  feathers.  If  discovered  before  they  are  capable  of  flight,  they  readily  plunge  into  the 
water,  and  swim  with  facility,  and  even  dive  beneath  its  surface  for  some  distance  for  safety. 
1.  T.  hypoleuca  (Linn.)  PI.  enl.  850.,  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  318. 
—  Tringa  leucoptera  Pall.  ;  Tr.  pacifica  Lath.  Lamb.  Icon.  ined. 
iii.  26. 
2.  T.  macularia  (Linn.)  Edwards's  Birds,  pi.  277.  f.  2.,  Gould, 
B.  of  Eur.  pi.  317.,  Wils.  Amer.  Ornith.  pi.  59-  f.  1.,  Audub.  B.  of 
Amer.  pi.  310. 
3.  T.  .  ?  —  Tringa  macularia  Pr.  Neuw. 
4.  T.  Bartramius  (Wils.)  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  59-  f.  2.  —  Tringa 
longicauda  Bechst. ;  Bartramia  laticauda  Less. ;  Totanus  variegatus 
Fieill.  Gal.  des  Ois.  t.  239.,  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  313.,  Audub.  B. 
of  Amer.  pi. ;  Type  of  Bartramia  Less.  (1831). 
July,  184G. 
