In plumage it very closely resembles the preceding species, but the back is darker and the spots much more minute. It may, however, always be distinguished by the _dusky_ shaft of the _outermost_ primary and the brownish black axillaries. In young birds the spots on the back are less plentiful and of a more buffish tint. Length 9·5 in.; wing 5·5 in. THE SOLITARY SANDPIPER Totanus solitarius (Wilson) This is an American species, which, like so many of its New World congeners, has occasionally and at long intervals straggled to these islands. Its nearest ally is the preceding species, from which it may be recognised by having _all_ the tail feathers, except the central pair, boldly barred with black. Length 8·25 in.; wing 5·2 in. THE YELLOWSHANK Totanus flavipes (J. F. Gmelin) Two examples of this American species have been obtained, the first near Nottingham and the second at Marazion in Cornwall. In general appearance it is not unlike a young Redshank, but the legs are longer and more slender, and the axillaries are _barred_ and not white. Length 10·75 in.; wing 6 in. THE GREATER YELLOWSHANK Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin) A solitary example of this species was shot on the 16th September 1906 at Tresco in the Scilly Islands. It is an American species and is not unlike a very large Redshank, but the legs are longer in proportion and yellow in colour. Length 12·15 in.; bill 2 in.; wing 8 in. THE COMMON REDSHANK Totanus calidris (Linnæus) The Redshank is a common breeding species in suitable localities throughout our islands. In winter it occurs abundantly round all our coasts and causes much annoyance to shooters from its habit of flying up on the least alarm and warning all the other less wary fowl, with its shrill “tui too too.”