G LO T T l | p GLOTTOÏDES.
Australian Greenshank.
, p m_Gould> ^ rf
part i H i M B B S M i « I ° f the Old World from India to the most southern
■ ■ H B B | 60 generally d.spersed over Australia and Van
■ ™e\ S U ^ t f M g l specimens from every vast territory, or as it has with
M °4 B ■ ■ * ' B i ■ » general, its presence is
M e |on l^ y „ given l o e a l i t y f l f in fact a chance hot not unfrequent visitor
I B i M P f £ § b,rd m W l P rC6> H » as graceful in all its actions as
B W M H M S j m B B ^ % t o e s s and case pecuhar tp itsdÊ It sometimes leaves
1» ' ‘ Si % ' ‘; [ ,Idri' k ™ ^ 5<!^Ites J but these localities arc not so favourable to its habits as sandy
aUd ?D ^ Sea' ShQTe’ ^ ^ freï^ s j l y S p oompany with the Whimbrel, Curlew
■ B B M a h t e ^ ^ p y p y ite ^eethng-place, Mr .have I s p e e d e d in procuring its eggs either
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It i l sometimes g ^ V ^ a t l flocks, o f f ~ ^ n to S numh er^t.tqore frequently in pairs,
^ k e tpany mendjersvo^he family t%fv h , ^ belongs, this bird i , subject to Considerable change
irpïts plumage, being much darker and | i^ ^ o t e h e d bnti spoth^;during the breeding-season than at any
■Face, all tbe-Vtóder surface, romp and tail pure white; t h e s i s the breast stredked with dark brown
M the tail barred « C f i ^ g i n k , and- freckled with d ^ - M a e t ó l b U ^ ^ f f l ^ t h e bead and back o f
the neek grey'etreaked (tqw n ^ e , c<s£fre with 'dark brown ;, shquldersjSprimaries very dark brown the
I “01 Wit> 8 P“>6 -white Aa®5 remainder o f the upper s u r f a c e ^ h f rW n ,, each feather margined
Wlth §’rey’ Wlth a streak of Clark brown down the centre, and a series of oblong spots on the margins of the
hue; bill dark olive,j Jrides b lack|^ge t aud legs deep olive-green. .
The above ig’ thé description o fttó p lum a g e o f summer;'in-winter the colouring ismmilar, but much
paler.
The Plate represents three specimens'inydifferent states o f plumage. mther less than the natural sk e.