GREEN TOTANUS. 
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a much paler shade, succeeded by a narrow line of 
clove-brown, which often runs into the last bar- 
rings, seen in the summer state, particularly on 
the long tertials. In all the feathers the shaft is 
dark, and meets this dark line with a dilated end ; 
the tail is similar, except in having fewer dark 
bars, the inner webs of the outer feathers being 
unmarked; the centre feathers are of a deeper 
grey, and have indications of the dark line upon 
the edges; the under parts are pure white, the 
shafts only on the sides of the neck and breast 
being dark, and on the latter having the colours 
dilated at the tips. In a young specimen, appa- 
rently in the plumage of the first year, all the 
upper parts are clove-brown, having the feathers 
cut into with wood-brown, particularly on the 
long tertials and coverts, where they take the 
form of regular triangular markings ; the sides of 
the breast are crossed with irregular clove-brown 
bars, reaching, without being interrupted, to the 
flanks; the tail is as in the adult, but without 
the centre greyish feathers, and has the white 
carts tinted with rufous wood-brown. 
The Green Totanus, Totanus ochropus, 
Temm. — Tringa ochropus, Linn . — Totanus ochro- 
pus, Temm., etc. — Chevalier cul blanc, Temm 
The Green Sandpiper of British authors. — The 
birds belonging to the genus Totanus which we 
have described, were of considerable size, and at- 
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