THE GREEN-SHANK. 
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coverts ashy, with whitish edgings ; quills below ashy, the 
lateral markings of the secondaries indicated below ; bill and 
feet light slate-colour; iris dark brown. Total length, 13 
inches ; culmen, 2-2 ; wing, 7‘2 ; tail, 2'85 ; tarsus, 2'i5. 
Adult Male in Breeding Plumage, — Of a more ruddy-brown than 
in the winter plumage, and with black centres to the feathers of 
the upper surface; the head and neck also streaked with black ; 
sides of face white, narrowly streaked with black ; under surface 
of body white, the lower throat, fore-neck, and chest with 
numerous ovate spots of black ; the flanks with a few irregular 
bars of black; under wing- coverts and axillaries white, barred 
with black, the bars on the latter somewhat interrupted ; 
lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts white, the lateral 
coverts barred with black ; two central tail-feathers ashy-grey, 
slightly freckled with dusky, and notched with black on the 
margins ; remainder of tail-feathers while, barred with blackish, 
the bars becoming more irregular on the lateral feathers, which 
have distinct bars only on the outer webs ; bill blackish-brown 
lighter brownish-grey towards the base, especially on the lower 
mandible ; feet yellowish-grey, the joints bluish. Total length, 
12 inches; culmen, 2'i ; wing, 7 ‘5 ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, 2-2. 
Adult Female.— Similar to the male in colour; bill blackish- 
brown, the basal half lighter, on the upper mandible with a 
bluish tinge, on the lower one, with a reddish-grey one ; feet 
dirty olive-grey, the joints darker and more bluish-grey. 
Young after First Moult. — Similar to the winter plumage of the 
adults, but much more tinged with rufous-brown ; the 
feathers spotted with whity-brown on both webs ; centre tail- 
feathers white, distinctly barred across with black, the chest 
also distinctly streaked with dusky ; the sides of the breast 
spotted and mottled with dusky-brown. 
Range in Great Britain — The Green-shank breeds in the north 
of Scotland and in the Hebrides, also in the Isle of Skye and 
some of the other islands off the west of Scotland. In Eng- 
land it is a migrant only, occurring sparingly in its northward 
journey, but more frequently during the autumn migration, 
seldom remaining through the winter. In Ireland, it appears 
to stay throughout the cold season. 
