Part 24

Mig. c. tidal shores m., 21; f., 24

Arched bill 7in.; mottled brown; f., larger. Crabs, worms.

=94 Oriental Whimbrel= (Australian), Jack-Curlew, Mayfowl, N. variegatus, E. Sib., Japan to A., T. =vt. Eur. Whimbrel.

Mig. r. river, swamp 15

Brown mottled; chin, abdomen white; tail barred brown, white; arched bill 3in.; f., sim. Crabs, shellfish, worms.

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=95 Little Whimbrel=, Mesoscolopax minutus, E. Sib., Mongolia, Japan to A. [~95 Numenius minutus.]

Mig. v.r. swamps 12

Upper blackish-brown much marked and spotted buff; under, line past eye buff; arched bill 1.7in. Insects, worms.

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=96 Barred-rumped Godwit= (Pacific), Kuaka, Limosa, novae-zealandiae (lapponica, Am.O.U.), Alaska, California; E. Sib. to A., T., N.Z., Oceania =vt. Eur. Barred-tailed Godwit. [~96 Limosa baueri.]

Mig. c. shores 15

Upper brownish-gray marked whitish; rump, tail barred brown, white; abdomen white; legs brownish-black; broad, indistinct whitish eyebrow; bill long, slightly upturned; f., larger. Shellfish, worms, sand-hoppers.

=97 Black-tailed Godwit=, L. limosa, Br. Eur., N. Afr., India, E. Sib., Japan to A., Greenland (acc.), may be a distinct species than called L. melanuroides. [~97 Limosa melanuroides.]

Mig. v.r. shallow lakes 16

Upper grayish-brown; wing white band flying; lower-back blackish-brown; upper base tail white; tail black, white at side at base; neck, breast, flanks grayish-brown; abdomen white; bill long, slightly upturned; f., larger. Insects, pond snails, worms.

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=98 Common Sandpiper=, Summer Snipe, Tringoides hypoleucus, Eur. (Br.), N. Asia, Afr., Ind., to A. (acc.). [~98 Tringa hypoleuca.]

Mig. u. shores, lakes 8

Upper pale-brown marked darker; wing-quills slightly tipped white; centre tail feathers glossy-brown, side feathers white barred brown; under white; chest marked pale-brown; indistinct pale eyebrow; tail constantly jerked; f., sim. Water-insects, shellfish.

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=99 Greenshank=, Glottis nebularius, Br., Eastern hemisphere, Florida (acc.). [~99 Tringa nebularia.]

Mig. r. shores, lakes 14

Face, under, tail white; sides of breast streaked brown; edge of tail barred freckled brown; crown, hind-neck gray; wings dark-brown; upper light-brown; legs deep olive-green; f., sim. Shellfish, worms.

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=100 Sanderling=, Calidris arenaria (leucophoea, Am.O.U.), cos. exc. Pacific Is. [~100 Arenaria leucophaea.]

Mig. v.r. sandy shores, swamps 7.5

Crown, back gray; white band on wing; sides, lower-back white; eyebrow, forehead, face, under white; no hind toe; brighter in far north; f., sim. Sand-hoppers, insects. "Wick."