G R E E N S H A N K .
GREENSHANK.
TOTANUS GLOTTIS {Linn.).
Scolopax totanus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 245 (1766, ex Briss.).
Totanus glottis, Naum. viii. p. 145, xiii. p. 243; Hewitson, ii.
p. 336.
Glottis chloropus, Macg. iv. p. 319.
Totanus canescens, Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 483; Dresser, viii.
p. 173.
Chevalier gris, Chevalier aboyeur, French; Griinfussiger,
Wasserlaufer, German; Corre-playa, Andario, Picorilla,
Spanish.
I have such a very slight acquaintance with this
species as a “ British” bird, that, were it not for the
expressed wishes of many friends for a certain amount
of letterpress to accompany these “ Coloured Figures,”
I should almost be inclined to state simply that this
is the Greenshank; but in compliance with the wishes
above mentioned, I will attempt to condense the information
gathered from recent authorities on my present
subject.
The Greenshank is a bird of double passage in
most parts of our islands ; it breeds on open moor-lands
and the shingly borders of lochs and streams in certain
districts^ of the Scottish Highlands and islands, but is
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