ToTAJfUS, 
104 BIRDS. PRESSmOSTRES. 
spotted Sandpiper, Perm. Brit. Zool. ii. 4G3. BewicJc., Brit. Birds, ii. Ill, 
Tot. mac. 7'emm. Orn. ii. 656 — A rare winter visitant. Probably only 
a straggler. 
Length 8 inches. BiU black, reddish towards the base. Feet flesh-colour- 
ed. Irides brown. Lores brown, with a white stripe above. Plumage, above, 
greyish-brown, with a tinge of olive, wdth streaks of black on the head and 
neck, and triangular black spots on the back in zig-zag bars. Below white, the 
ends of each feather having a rounded black spot : ttiese marks are produced 
on the belly. Quills dusky, the secondaries tipped with white. Bump plain. 
Tail-feathers, in the middle, greenish-brown, the side ones white, with dusky 
bars and dark tips — So rare is this bird in England, that Edwards and Be- 
wick only have succeeded in procuring it. Its history is still involved in much 
obscurity. 
143. T. Hypoleucos. Common Sandpiper. — Plumage, be- 
neath, uniformly white ; the four middle tail-feathers plain. 
Tringa minor, WV,l. Orn. 223. — Tr. Hyp. Linn. Syst. i. 250. Penn. Brit, 
Zool. ii. 470 . — Tot. Hyp. Temm. Orn. ii. 657 — IF, Pibydd y tracth ; 
iS", Killileepie. — Breeds on the margin of streams. Common. 
Length 8, breadth 16 inches; weight 2 ounces. Bill 1:| inches long, dusky. 
Legs dusky with a tinge of green ; toes flat below, slightly margined, webbed 
at the base of the first joint. Irides hazel. Plumage, above, brown, glossed 
with olive, Avith a black streak in the middle of each feather ; the wing-covers 
with minute undulated lines. A white spot above the eyes. Neck with 
brown streaks. Quills dusky ; the first plain ; the second and nine following 
with a white spot on the inner web ; the rest with a white band across both 
webs. Tail fan-shaped, the four middle feathers like the back, slightly cloud- 
ed ; the four on each side tipped with white, and spotted on the webs. — Nest 
of dry leaves, under a bank. Eggs 5, dirty white, marked with numerous 
dusky and cinereous spots, chiefly at the larger end. Ymng with the margin 
of the feathers on the back reddish — This species, as a summer visitant, is 
extensively distributed on the margins of rivers and lakes during summer. 
It breed as far to the northward as Caithness, but seems to be wanting in 
Orkney. 
144. T. Glottis. Greensliank. — Bill strong, slightly recur- 
ved, compressed at the base, higher than broad ; under wing- 
covers with brown rays ; feet green. 
Pluvialis major, Will. Orn. 220 — Scolopax glottis, Lmn. Syst. i. 245. 
Penn. Brit. ZooL ii. 445 — Tot. Glot. Temm. Orn. ii. 659 — A winter 
visitant. • 
Length 14, breadth 24 inches ; weight 6 oz. Bill 2| inches long, dusky ; 
legs slender, green. Irides hazel. Plumage, above, brownish-black, on the 
head marked with black and white rays ; a white circle round the eyes ; back 
and scapulars deep black, the former with Avhite edges, the latter with white 
spots. Beneath white, with oval spots on the breast. Wing-covers reddish -ash, 
with black stripes. Quills 26, dusky, inner webs spotted with white. Under 
covers with brown rays. Tail white, the two middle feathers cinereous, with 
brownish bands. Lower part of the back and rump white. In winter, the 
spots on the breast are indistinct, and the back has a brownish tinge. — Nest 
unknown. — Frequents the sea-coast in small flocks. 
Montagu (Suppl. Orn. Diet.) has offered a conjecture, which appears very 
probable, that the Cinereous Godwit of Pennant (Brit. Zool. ii. 444.), the Aco- 
lopax canescens of Gmelin, is merely a variety of the Greenshank. Pennant 
says, “ The bill was two inches and a half long. The head, neck, and back 
variegated Avith ash colour and Avhite : the tail slightly barred with cinereous. 
The throat and breast Avhite; the last marked with a fcAv ash- coloured spots. 
The legs long, slender, and ash-coloured. This AA-^as about the si^e of my 
