. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Faroes. On migration it passes in spring and autumn, not onlyalong the Atlantic and Pacific coasts (including those of Great Britain and Japan), but alsoacross country by most, if not all, of the well-known routes of migration. It winters inthe basin of the Mediterranean, and in various parts of Africa north of the Equator, and inIndia, Burma, and China. It has also been said to have strayed during winter as far asCeylon, but the only record of its occurrence in the southern hemis
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Faroes. On migration it passes in spring and autumn, not onlyalong the Atlantic and Pacific coasts (including those of Great Britain and Japan), but alsoacross country by most, if not all, of the well-known routes of migration. It winters inthe basin of the Mediterranean, and in various parts of Africa north of the Equator, and inIndia, Burma, and China. It has also been said to have strayed during winter as far asCeylon, but the only record of its occurrence in the southern hemisphere is that of a singleexample obtained by Layard in the Cape Colony. Except during the two seasons of migration it can scarcely be regarded as a at its breeding-grounds and in its winter-quarters it frequents marshes, swamps, andthe banks of rivers and lakes. One of the most interesting facts connected with this species is the seasonal changewhich takes place in the colour of its legs and feet; in summer they are dark purple-red,but in winter they change to dull orange-yellow. TOTANUS. 353. TOTANUS CALIDRIS. COMMON REDSHANK. Totanus dorso postico albo : secundariis fere omnino albis. Diagnosis. No difference can be found between Atlantic and Pacific examples of this species. Variations. Scolopax totanus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 145 (1758). Tringa totanus, -s Tringa totanus striatus, VBrisson, Orn. v. pp. 188, 196, 200 (1760). Tringa totanus naevius, J Scolopax calidris, \ Tringa gambetta, > Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. pp. 245, 248 (1766). Tringa striata, J Totanus calidris (Linn.), Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 284 (1803). Gambetta calidris {Linn.), Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 54 (1829). Synonymy. Plates.—Daub. PI. Enl. nos. 827, 845; Gould, Birds of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 54; Dresser, Birds of Literature. Europe, viii. pi. 568. fig. 1, pi. 569. fig. —Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. —Secbolim, British Birds, pi. 32. figs. 1, 2, 3. 2 z 354 TO
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