LIMICOLA.
Bill long, flat, and wide : hind toe small : small Waders, inhabit inland lakes and marshes rather than sea-coast.
Limicola falcinellus falcinellus "Pontoppidan). BROAD BILLED SANDPIPER. Shed. Myrsnappa.
summer. Above black, with narrow chestnut or buff margins ; beneath white, spotted brown on chin. throat, foreneck, and chest ; axillaries white. In winter : above grey, with dark centres and white margins ; beneath white slightly spotted on foreneck. Bill reddish brown with black tip. Legs and feet
greyish black. Wing to5-ito. Tarsus 23. Bill 35.
Breeds.—Norway to Dovrefeld, and Sweden to about middle, Lapland, Finland, N. Russia, and in Ural district ; also in Siberia. Occurs in winter in Eastern Mediterranean ; rare in W. Europe, even on passage. Casual in British Isles.