. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 322 LIMICOLjE. The Greenshank is a spring and autumn visitor to the coasts of the Japanese islands. Dr. Henderson obtained it at Hakodadi in October 1857 (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. So. Philad. 1858, p. 196).. Tutanus glottis. There are several examples in the Swiahoe collection from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 453), and there are ten iu the Pryer collec- tion from Yokohama. The Greenshank breeds in the Arctic Regions from Scotland across Lapland and Siberia to Kamtschatka. 324. TOTANUS STAGNATILIS. (MARSH-SANDPIPER.) Totamts stagnatilis, Bechstei
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 322 LIMICOLjE. The Greenshank is a spring and autumn visitor to the coasts of the Japanese islands. Dr. Henderson obtained it at Hakodadi in October 1857 (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. So. Philad. 1858, p. 196).. Tutanus glottis. There are several examples in the Swiahoe collection from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 453), and there are ten iu the Pryer collec- tion from Yokohama. The Greenshank breeds in the Arctic Regions from Scotland across Lapland and Siberia to Kamtschatka. 324. TOTANUS STAGNATILIS. (MARSH-SANDPIPER.) Totamts stagnatilis, Bechstein, Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 292 (1803). The Marsh-Sandpiper has a white lower back and rump, and nearly uniform grey secondaries, like the Greenshank; but it is a smaller bird (wing from carpal joint about 5^ inches long). Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 566. The Marsh-Sandpiper is a very rare visitor on migration to the Japanese islands. The only example that I know of from Japan is the one described from Mr. Owston's collection (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 109, no. 95^). It was probably obtained in the Yokohama Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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