DUSKY REDSHANK.
TOTANUS FUSCUS {Linn.).
Scolopax fusca, Linn. S. N. i. p. 243.
Totamis fuscus, Naum. viii. p. 123, xiii. Suppl. p. 242; Macg.
iv. p. 328; Hewitson, ii. p. 326; Dresser, viii. p. 165;
Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 474.
Barge brune, Chevalier arlequin, French; Caballero arlequin,
Spanish; Dunkelfarbiger-Wasserlävfer, German.
A not uncommon but irregular visitor to the British
Islands, where it appears during its spring and autumn
migrations, never remaining to breed or to spend the
winter months within our shores. In Ireland it appears
to be of very rare occurrence.
The Dusky Redshank breeds in the northern parts of
Norway and Sweden, in Finland and Russia, and
probably throughout Northern Asia.
The first discovery of its nest and eggs was due to
Wolley, and his account of the breeding-habits of the
bird in Finland is full of interest. His notes were
first sent to Hewitson, in whose work they appear and
in greater detail in Dresser’s ‘ Birds of Europe.’
[O. S.]
DUSKY RED SHA NK .
