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COMMON GREENSHANK. 
(Limosa Glottis). 
Li. griseo-fusca maculis nigricantibus varia, superciliis dorso in- 
Jima corporeque suhtiis al.bis,fasciis Juscis. 
Grey-brovni Greenshanks varied with dusky spots, the eyebrovA S, 
lower part of the back and body beneath white, the tail-feathers 
white, with brown bands. 
Scolopax Glottis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 720. 
Totanus Glottis. (Bechteiu.) Temm. man. d'Orn. 425. 
Limosa grisea. Briss. Orn. 5. 267. 23. 1. 
La Barge varie. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 503.? 
La Barge aboyeuse. Biff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 505. 
Pluvialis major. Raii. p. 106. 
Le Chevalier a gros bee. Cuv. Reg. Anini. 1 . 493. 
Green-legged Horseman. Alb. Brit. Birds, 2. 69. 
Greenshank. Penti. Bt-it. Zool. 2. 183. Lath. Gen. Si/n. Lath. 
Syn. Sup. 249. Leiv. Brit. Birds, 4. pL 1 63, Mont. Orn. Did. 
1. and Sup. Beiv. Brit. Birds, 2. 86. 
Chevalier aboyeuse. Temm. man. d'Orn. 425. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 659. 
Limicula Glottis. Leach. Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 32. 
Scolopax canescens. Gmel. Sj/st. Nat. 1. 668. Lath. Ltd. Orn. 
2. 721. variety. 
Cinereous Godwit. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 180. Lath. Gen. Syn. 
5. 145. Mont. Orn. Did. 1. and Sup. 
Length about a foot : in summer the top of its head 
and nape are longitudinally rayed with deep black and 
white : round the eyes is a white circle : the forehead, 
the throat, the fore part of the neck, the breast, the 
upper part of the belly and the sides are pure white, 
but sprinkled with oval dusky spots, which are most nu- 
merous in the middle of the summer ; the rest of the 
