Identifier: practicalhandboo21418with (find matches)
Title: A practical handbook of British birds
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Witherby, H. F. (Harry Forbes), 1873-1944
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Witherby
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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uvenile body-feathers, not all scapulars, one or two central pairsand sometimes all tail-feathers, usually some innermost secondariesand coverts and some median and lesser coverts are moulted Aug.to Jan. but not rest of wings. First summer.—Apparently as adultbut does not acquire so much summer-plumage. Distinguished byretained juvenile wing-coverts as in first winter. Measurements and structure.—$ wing 152-160 mm., tail 57-67,.tarsus 45-50, bill from feathers 38.5-43 (12 measured). $ wing156-162, bill 40-45.5. Primaries : 1st minute, 2nd longest, 3rdequal or 2-5 mm. shorter, 4th 5-10 shorter, 5th 13-20 shorter, 6th23-30 shorter. Longest inner secondaries between 4th and 6thprimaries. Bill straight and slender, groove in up)3er mandible abouthalf or slightly more than half length of culmen. Other structureas in T. flavipes. Soft parts.—Bill pink-horn, base of under mandible orange-yellow ; legs and feet (ad.) orange-red, (juv.) pale orange-yellow ;.iris brown. Vol. II., Plate 9.
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(4-5THS NATURAL SIZE.) Nestlings in Down of: 1, The Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus). 2, The Golden Plover(C apricarius). 3, The Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos). 4, The Common Redshank(T. t. totanus). 5, The Common Snipe (Capella g. gallinago). 6, The Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). n . (Face p. 626.) THE COMMON REDSHANK. 627 Characters and allied forms.—For differences of T. t. robustasee under that form. T. t. eurhinus (Central and apparently E.Asia) in winter has under-parts less streaked, in summer upper-parts lighter and more plentifully margined pink-cinnamon. Whiteback and rump, barred upper tail-coverts, more or less whitesecondaries distinguish Redshank in all plumages. Field-characters.—Breeding-places are deserted as soon as youngcan fly, but Redshank is a familiar shore-bird throughout year,frequenting rocky coasts, mud-flats and sandy shores indifferently.A noisy, restless creature, identified by slender build, long red legs(yellow in young), white rump and tail-c

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