278 PR.ECOCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOL^. 



Genus RHYACOPHILUS, Kaup. 



Rhyacophi/us, Kaup, Sk. Entw. Europ. Th. 1829, 140 (type, Tringa glareola, Linn.). 



Char. Similar to Totanus, but .smaller, and with middle toe nearly as long as tarsus. 



There is but one American species of this genus, and the Old World members are by no means 

 numerous — only two, the B. ochrupus (Linn.) and 11. glareola (Linn.) being recognized by authori- 



R. solitariiis. 



ties. The latter is the type of the genus, but it resembles the American R. solitarius much less 

 than does the former. The three may be distinguished as follows : — 



A. LininiT of the wins, duskv, barred with white. 



1. R. solitarius. Upper tail-coverts dusk}', barred with white ; middle tail-feathers dusky, 



spotted with white along the edge. Wing, 5.30 ; culmen, 1.15 ; tarsus, 1.30; middle toe, 

 1.00. Hab. North America, migrating southward in winter. 



2. R. ochropus. L^pper tail-coverts pure white, nearly or quite immaculate ; middle tail- 



feathers widely barred with white. Wing, 5.40-5.70 ; culmen, 1.30-1.40 ; tarsus, 1.25- 

 1.40 ; middle toe, .95-1.00. Hab. Europe ; accidental in Eastern North America (Nova 

 Scotia). 

 Lining of the wing white, spotted exteriorly with dusky. 



3. R. glareola. LJ'pper tail-coverts white, more or less marked with dusky ; middle tail- 



feathers banded with white. Wing, 4.75-4.90; culmen, 1.10-1.15; tarsus, 1.40-1.45; 

 middle toe, 1.00-1.05. Hab. Paleearctic Region. 



Rhyacophilus solitarius. 



THE SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 



Tringa ochropus, var. /3, L.-VTii. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 730. 



Tringa solitaria, Wils. Am. Oni. VII. 1813, 53, pi. 58, fig. 3. 



Totanus solitariios, AuD. Synop. 1839, 242 ; P.. Am. V. 1842, 309, pi. 343. — CouEs, Key, 1872, 259 ; 



Check List, 1873, no. 435 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 498. 

 RMjacoiihUus solitarius, Cass, in Bainl's R. N. Am. 1858, 733. — Baiud, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 



541.— Rincw. Norn. N. Am. B. 188L no. 550. — Coues, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 637. 

 Totanus chloropygiu.t, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VI. 1816, 401. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 393. — 



NuTT. Man. II. 1834, 1.59. — Aud. Oni. Biog. III. 1835, 576 ; V. 1839, 583, pi. 289. 

 Totanus macroptera, Spix, Av. Bras. II. 1825, 76, 92. 

 (?) ^'Totanus caligatus. Light." 

 " Totanus guttatus, Illig." 



