TOTANUS STAGNATILIS. 
Marsh Sandpiper. 
Totanus stagnatilis, Temm. Man. d’Orn., tom. iv. p. 414.— Gould, Birds of Europe, vol. iv. pi. 314. 
I SHOT a specimen of this bird on the banks of the Lower Mokai on the 16th of December 1839: on com- 
paring it with Indian and European specimens, I find the whole to be identical ; the Australian bird is however 
somewhat lighter in colour. The individual above-mentioned was feeding on the bank close to the water’s 
edge : from its being the only one I had ever seen alive, I was moi’e desirous of procuring it than of watching 
its actions, and as no opportunity afterwards occurred of my so doing, I am unable to give any particulars 
resj)ecting them. 
Face, fore-part of the neck and all the under surface white. 
Crown of the head and neck grey, streaked longitudinally with black ; upper surface grey, each feather 
with a lighter margin ; wings blackish brown ; tail white, marked with diagonal bars of brown ; forehead, 
rump and all the under surface white ; bill dark greenish olive, tipped with brown ; legs sickly olive-yellow ; 
irides blackish brown. 
The bird is figured of the natural size. 
