172 SHORE BIRDS. 



in April and May, when uncommon on 

 Atlantic coast but abundant in Mississippi 



Valley. 



117. GREENSHANK. 



Differs from Greater Yellow legs in 

 having the lower back and rump pure white 

 without markings. Eastern Hemisphere, 

 breeding far north ; accidental in Fla. 



Fi?. 142 



White Ibis. 1-20. 



118. SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 



Slender, small, 8.50, bill, slender; sum- 

 mer, upper tail coverts, dark but tail is 

 broadly branded with white; dark above 

 finely marked with white, white below dis- 

 tinctly streaked on lower neck, breast and 

 sides with dusky; bill, black; feet, dark 

 gn^enish, fig. 122; winter but slightly differ- 



