. The encyclopaedia of sport. nds the winter ; from Siberia in Asia toIndia and China (where also it is a wintervisitor) : and in North America from Californiato the West Jndies; it sojourns also in Greenland. The curlew sandpiper {Tringa subarquata)which visits us in spring and autumn, often inconsiderable flocks at the latter season, is evena greater wanderer than the dunlin ; for althoughit has not yet been met with quite so far north,that is, in Iceland, Creenland, or Spitsbergen, itis found from Archangel throughout Europe andAfrica down to Cape Colony ; throughout theIndian region, Ceylo
. The encyclopaedia of sport. nds the winter ; from Siberia in Asia toIndia and China (where also it is a wintervisitor) : and in North America from Californiato the West Jndies; it sojourns also in Greenland. The curlew sandpiper {Tringa subarquata)which visits us in spring and autumn, often inconsiderable flocks at the latter season, is evena greater wanderer than the dunlin ; for althoughit has not yet been met with quite so far north,that is, in Iceland, Creenland, or Spitsbergen, itis found from Archangel throughout Europe andAfrica down to Cape Colony ; throughout theIndian region, Ceylon, the Andamans, Java,Australia, and Tasmania, and on the Americancontinent has been found as far to the south asEast Patagonia. Species Breeding in Great Britain—The sandpipers which breed in the BritishIslands are comparatively few in are the greenshank, redshank, ruff andreeve (formerly ; see Ruff), common sandpiper,purple sandpiper (probably), dunlin, and red-necked phalarope. Distinguishing Characters,shank. Green- (Tiitaniis-Entire glottis) length, 12 inches ;bill, somewhat re-curved, 2 ; wing, 7 ;tarsus, 2*25. Gene-ral colour, in sum-mer, grey mottledwith black : rump,white; wings, black ;the shaft of the firstprimary, white ;chin, throat, andbreast, white, longi-tudinally streakedwith black; belly,pure white; bill. Redshank. slatC - Colour ; legS and toes, pale winter all trace of black disappears from theupper portion of the plumage, and the whole ofthe under parts, from chin to vent, are purewhite. Redshank {Tofaims calidris)—Entire length,II inches; bill, i6 ; wing, 6-5; tarsus, 175;bare part of tibia, -9. General colour, in summer,above, hair-brown, transversely barred with adarker shade; below, white, streaked longi-tudinally with dark brown; tail, white, barredwith dark brown ; bill, horn-colour, orange atbase; legs and toes, orange. In winter theplumage is more or less of a uniform greyabove, throat dusky, under parts pure white ;legs and
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