SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 



GREEN SANDPIPER. 



Tot ANUS solitarius. 



Char. Upper parts brownish olive, spotted and streaked with white; 

 wings and tail dusky, outer tail-feathers white with dark bars; under 

 parts white, breast and sides with dark markings. In winter the plumage 

 of the upper parts is dark ash, and the markings are less distinct. 



Nest. On a dry knoll in a wet meadow or on the margin of a pond, — 

 a slight depression scantily lined with grass. 



Eggs. ? pale buff thickly marked with brown and lilac; 



1.30 X 0.90. 



The Solitary Tatler of Wilson is probably, with the change 

 of seasons, a general inhabitant of the whole North American 

 continent. Early in May it arrives in Pennsylvania from the 

 South, and a few individuals remain to breed, according to 

 the above author, in the marshy solitudes of the mountains of 

 Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania ; the greater part of the 



