TOTANUS FLAVIPES, LESSER YELLOWSHANKS. 497 



Soc. 1867, 69; Bii&nos Ayres, Scl. & S.ulv., P. Z. S. 1868, 144; Peril, Scl. & Salv., P. 

 Z. S. 1869, 156; Saint Bartholomew, Sund., Ofv. Vet. 1869, 588; Brazil, Pelz., Oru. 3.08. 



ffab. — The Western Hemisphere. In the United States, chiefly migratory, and in 

 winter. Breeds mostly in high latitudes. Ahuudant. 



List of specimens. 



19305 



194 



Big Sandy Fork. 



Sept. 30, 1860 



G. H. Trook. 



15.00 I 25.00 



8.00 



Lieutenant Warren's Expedition.— 4860, Saint Joseph's, Missouri; 5435, Fort Berthold, 

 Dakota. 



Later Ex2}ediiions.— 60362-3 ; 60776-84, 61104-6, 62360, various Wyoming localities. 



Occurs wherever tliere is water throughout the Missouri region ; espe- 

 cially numerous duriug the migratiou, aud in some places one of the 

 most abundant of all the waders. The eggs I have never seen. 



^isb^ 



TOTANUS FLAVIPES, (Gm.) Vieill. 

 Lesser Telltale; Lesser Tellowshanfes. 



Scolopax flavipes, Gm., Svst. Nat. i, 1788, 659.— Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 723.— WiLS., 

 Am. Orn. vii, 1813, 55, pi. 58, 4. 



Totanus Jlavipes, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 1816, 400.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 324; List, 

 1838, 51.— Saij., Frank. Jouru. 688.— Sw. &. EicH., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 390.— 

 NUTT., Man. ii, 1834, 152.— Aud., Orn. Biog. iii, 183.5, 573; v, 586 ; pi. 228 ; 

 Syn. 1839, 243 ; B. Am. v, 1842, 313, pi. 344.— Gut., B. L. 1. 1844, 2.50.— Woodh., 

 Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 99.— Mosciil., J. f. O. 1856, 335 (Greenland).- Putn., Pr. Ess. 

 List, i, .1856, 217. — Reinh., Ibis, iii, 1861 (Greenland).— Yarr., Br. Birds, ii, 

 637 (England).— Newb., P. R. E. Rep. vi, 1857, 98 (California aud Oregon). — 

 MiLNEi:, Zool. 1858, p. 5958 (England).- Hoy, Smiths. Rep. 1864, 438.— Newt., 

 P. Z. S. 1867, 166, pi. 15, f. 5 (egg).— Trippe, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1871, 119.— 

 RoDi), Zool. 1871, 2807 (Euglaud).— CouES, Key, 1872, 259.— Ridgw., Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. X, 1874, 384. 



Gamhetta flavipes, Bp., C. R. 1856.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 732.— Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 

 1860, No. 216.— COUES & PrEiST., Smiths. Rep. 1861, 416.— Boarpm., Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. ix, 1862, 129.— Verr., Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 153 (Maine, perhaps breed- 

 ing). — Allen, ihid. iv, 1864. 77. — McIlwr., ibid, v, 1866, 93. — Coues, ibid, v, 

 1868, 295.— Dress., Ibis, 1866, 38 (Texas).— Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, 

 122.— Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1871, 32.— Lawr., Ann. Lye. 1861,334 (Panama) ; 

 viii, 1864, 101 (Sombrero) ; viii, 1866, 294 (New York) ; ix, 1868, 141 (Costa 

 Rica) ; ibid: 210 (Yucatan).— TuRNR., B. E. Pa. 1869, 32.— Dall & Baxn., Tr. 

 Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 292 (Alaska).— Mayn., Guide, 1870, 141.— Allex, Bull M. 

 C. Z. ii, 1871, 356 (Florida) ; iii, 1872, 182 (Colorado and Utah).— Stev., U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 466 (Wyoming).— Mayx., Pr. Bost. Soc. 1871.— Trippe, 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. 1872, 241 (Iowa).— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 10. 



Totanus natalor etfnscocapillioi, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 1816. 



" lencoj);i(/a, Tll(;er." (Gray.) 



Extraliniital quotations are: Oaxaca, ScL., P. Z. S. 1859, 393; Guatemala, Scl., Ibis, 



1,18.59,229; Sania Cm:, Newt., ibid. 251; Carthaquia, Cass., Pr. Philn. Acad. 1860, 



195; Cnba,Q\n., J. f. O. iv, 352; Ecuador, Scl., P. Z. S. 18()0, 290; Brazil, Rkixil, 



Viddeusk. Meddcl. 1870, 37 ; La Plata, Buiial, Reiso, 503 ; Bahamati, Bry., I'r. Bost. Soc. 



1867, 69; Mrxiana. ScL. A, Salv., P. Z. S. 1867, .592; Buenos Aiires, ibid. 1868, 144 ; Chili, 



PiiiL., Cat. 35; Saint Bartholomew, SUNI)., OIV. Vet. Acad. 18()9, 588; Great Britain, 



Hart., Br. Birds, 1872, 137 ; Peru, Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S. 1873, 310. 



Hub. — Westi-rii Hemisphere. Breeds Irom the Northern States northward. Many 



winter in the Suutiu^rn States. Accidental in lOurope. 



Lieutenant JWirren's Exprditiou. — 4861, Couneil ISiud's (omitted from Haydeu's Report). 

 Later Kxixditioux. — 59.-(i9, Soda Springs, Colorado ; 60304-9, Bitter Cottonwood aud 



La Bout.'- Creels ; t;(l7.s'>, Nortii Platte. 



Not ol)lained by Captain Raynolds' Expedition. 



Occurs with the i)recediiig, under similar conditions, and in eiiiial 

 abundance. 



This species ajtpears to be more luimcrons and gciu'rally distributed 

 cast of the Kocivv Mountains tinin on tiie racilic side, where, however, 

 a doubt of its occiUTence is no longer entertained. 

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