166 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



dyke-brown, and pui-jDlish gray. Hab. Northern North America 

 in summer ; migrating southward (chiefly east of Rocky Moun- 

 tains) to West Indies, Buenos Aires, Chili, etc. ; accidental in 



Europe 255. T. flavipes (Gmel.). Yellow-legs. 



¥. Tarsus much less than one and a half times as long as the middle toe, with 

 claw. (Subgenus Melodramas Kaup.^) 

 c^. Upper tail-coverts dusky, barred with white; middle tail-feathers 

 dusky, spotted along edges with white. Summer adult: Above 

 olivaceous-slate, rather sparsely speckled with white ; fore-neck 

 distinctly streaked with dusky. Winter plumage : Above dark ashy, 

 less distinctly speckled with white, the fore-neck less distinctly 

 streaked. Young : Above grayish brown, thickly speckled with 

 dull buff; sides of head and neck nearly uniform grayish. Length 

 7.50-8.60, wing 5.00-5.40, culmen 1.15-1.30, tarsus 1.25-1.90, middle 

 toe 1.00. J^gg (identification doubtful, but probably correct) 1.32 

 X -90, dull light buffy, thickly spotted and clouded with rich mad- 

 der-brown and purplish gray. Hab. Temperate North America in 

 summer, southern United States and tropical America in general in 



winter 256. T. solitarius (Wils.). Solitary Sandpiper. 



c^. Upper tail-coverts pure white, nearly or quite immaculate ; middle 

 tail-feathers widely barred with white ; otherwise, very similar in 

 plumage, in all stages, to T. solitarius. Downy young : " Covered 

 with close fine down; head grayish buif ; a black line passes through 

 each eye from the base of the bill to the nape ; another broad line 

 passes thi'ough the centre of the crown, and joins with one on each 

 side of the crown at the nape, forming a patch, which is continued 

 in a broad line to the rump ; upper parts grayish buff and rufous, 

 variegated with black, the latter forming to some extent a broad 

 line on each side of the body; chin, throat, and under-parts white." 

 (Dresser.) Length about 10.00, Aving 5.40-5.70, culmen 1.30-1.40, 

 tarsus 1.25-1.40, middle toe .95-1.00. Nest not built by this species, 

 but the abandoned nest of some tree-building bird, as a thrush, jay, 

 or pigeon, often at a considerable height from the ground. Eggs 

 3-7, l^f-lf^ X 1^^^^' P^^® " gi'ayish sea-green, sparingly marked 

 with . . . purplish gray . . . and dark brown." (Dresser.) Jlab. 

 Northern portions of eastern hemisphere ; accidental in eastern 

 North America (Nova Scotia). 



257. T. ochropus (Linn.). Green Sandpiper, 



al Bill much shorter than middle toe, with claw. (Subgenus Bhyacophilus Kaup.) 



Under wing-coverts white, the exterior ones spotted with dusky ; wing 



4.75-4.90, culmen 1.10-1.15, tarsus 1.40-1.45, middle toe 1.00-1.05. Hab. 



Eastern hemisphere. 



T. glareola (Linn.). Wood Sandpiper.^ 



J Helodromas Kaup, Naturl. Syst. 1829, 144. Type, Tringa ochroptis Linn. 



2 Trinf/r, rjlareola Linn., S. N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 149, Totanus glareola Temm., Man. d'Orn. 1815, 421. 



