THE GREEN-lEGGED tATELERS. 
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length, 9-3 inches; culmen, 1-4; wing, 5-4 5 tail, 2'iS ; tarsus, 
Adult Female in Breeding Plumage— Does not 
male in colour, but is not quite so strongly marked, total 
length, 9 inches ; wing, 5'6. 
Youno- in Autumn Plumage.— Scarcely differs from the winter 
pluma°e of the adult, but, when freshly moulted, it has indis- 
tinct margins of ashy-bronze on the feathers of the upper sur- 
foce S?tail-bands\are narrower on the centre feathers o 
the upper surface, while the sub-terminal band is broader than 
in the adults. 
Ean-e in Groat Britain.-The present species is not known_ to 
brJed within our limits, but is noticed during migration, being 
nSst commonly observed in the autumn. It is rarer on our 
western coasts than in the eastern counties, and in Ireland 
occurs chiefly during the autumn migration. 
B,ange outside the British Islands. — The Green Tattler, or Green 
Sandpiper, as it is usually called, breeds throughout the nor- 
ths parts of the Old World, from the Atlantic to the Pacific 
and is^found from the Arctic Circle to most parts of Northei n 
Europe being known to nest from Holstein to Noi thorn Cmr- 
manv Poland, and Central Russia. In winter it visits Africa, 
India and China, but in many parts of its northern range a few 
individuals remain during the cold season. 
Habits— This species is generally met with singly, at least 
on the river 'Phames, where I have procured a few specimens, 
vLim birds in autumn plumage. On the south coast of Eng- 
hnd I have met with it in small parties, frequenting, throughout 
he autumn, the muddy dykes in the vicinity of our southern 
harbours. It is, according to my experience a singularly shy 
m ^ ^nrl one which needs most careful stalking, whether by 
dver sidTor in the mud-gullies near the sea-shore. _ It flies 
^ ff luh a note very much like that of the Summer-Snipe, but 
dfe flDh^s mo^icady, and not of such a “ skimmmg ” char- 
Tw: that of the last-named bird. In fact, in its ways it 
umre reseSblS rRed-sha.ik than a Summer-Snipe. “Its 
nm” savs Scebohm, “is very soft and musical, not nearly so 
buLs?hat of the Red-shank, and may be represented by the 
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