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head is dark brown, the feathers narrowly edged with reddish- 

 brown ; a broad band of white over the eye, finely streaked 

 with brown ; the throat white ; the hind part and sides of 

 the neck greyish- white, with brown streaks ; the lower parts 

 white ; the sides undulated with brown, as are the axillar 

 feathers ; the lower tail-coverts with a central brown streak. 

 The upper parts are dark brown, glossed with purple ; the 

 feathers with a reddish-white spot on each side near the 

 end ; the feathers of the hind part of the back dark greyish- 

 brown, terminally edged with greyish-white ; the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts wdiite, the latter with a longitudinal streak 

 or series of spots of dark brown. The quills are brownish- 

 black, the shaft of the first white, and the secondaries edged 

 with yellow T ish-white. The tail is white, barred with 

 brownish-black, the bars less regular than in the adult, and 

 those of the outer feathers confluent at the base. 



Remarks. — There is as close a resemblance between 

 Totanus Glareola of Europe and Totanus solitarius, other- 

 wise named Chloropygius, of North America, as between 

 Scolopax Gallinago and Scolopax Wilsoni of these countries. 

 A character by which Totanus solitarius may at once be dis- 

 tinguished is that of the middle tail-feathers being similar to 

 the back, they being merely spotted with white on the 

 edges. 



As the genus Totanus differs very little from Glotlis, so 

 on the other hand it passes directly into xlctitis, of which the 

 species, having the bill and feet shorter, seem to be very 

 nearly allied to some species of Tringa. 



