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It does not associate in large flocks, but roams 

 about in parties of three or four. 



'•'Specific Character. — Bill along the ridge two 

 and a quarter inches ; tarsi two and a half; legs yel- 

 low. Adult with the bill black, at the base bluish ; 

 upper part of the head, loral space, clieoks, and neck, 

 streaked with brownish-black and white ; throat 

 white ; a white line from the bill to the eye ; a white 

 ring round the eye; breast and abdomen Avhite, 

 spotted and barred with brownish-black ; sides and 

 tail-coverts the same ; lower surflice of the primaries 

 light grey — upper brownish-black, the inner spotted 

 white ; wing-coverts and back brown, spotted with 

 white, and dusky ; scapulars the same ; tail brown, 

 barred with white. Winter plumage, the upper 

 parts lighter — larger portion of the breast and abdo- 

 men white ; sides of the body barred with dusky. 

 Length, fourteen inches; wing, seven and a quar- 

 ter." — Giraud. 



Yellow-Legs. 



Little Yellow-Legs — Yellow-Shanks Tatler. 



Totanus Flavipes, Lath. 



Scohpax Flavipes, Wilson. 



This bird in appearance is almost identical with 

 the yelper, except that it is much smaller, not 

 being more than half as large. It has several calls, 

 consisting of one or more flute-like and shrill notes, 

 which are rather difficult to imitate. It is probably 

 the most plentiful of all the bay-snipe, making its 

 summer visit in July, and continuing to arrive till 



