WOOD TOTANUS. 
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towards the tip, the third from the outside with 
two only, the second with a spot on the outer web, 
the exterior feather entirely white ; on the under 
surface of the body the ground colour is entirely 
pure white; the cheeks, sides of the neck, and 
breast, being marked with narrow streaks and tri- 
angular spots of clove-brown in the centre of the 
feathers ; the under wing-coverts are greyish-black, 
bordered with white, the axillary feathers of the 
same colour, and very narrowly barred with white ; 
the bill, feet, and legs, blackish-green. 
The Wood Totanus, Totanus glareola, 
Temm. — Tringa glareola , Penn., Mont., etc. — 
Chevalier sylvain, Temm. — Totanus glareola, the 
Wood Sandpiper of British authors. — This bird 
has been considered a much rarer British visi- 
tant than the last, with which it w r as long con- 
founded, though it has of late years appeared 
more frequently. It was first brought into notice 
by Colonel Montague. Many of the specimens 
mentioned seem to have been taken in spring and 
early in summer, its appearance in autumn being- 
less frequent. To the northward, in England, we 
trace it to Northumberland, but, hitherto, we are 
not aware of any specimen killed in Scotland. In 
Ireland, with the last, it is recorded as a “ sum- 
mer visitant,” from which we are not sure whether 
straggling birds occur, or that a few remain to 
breed. Out of Britain, it is recorded as met with 
