BIRDS — SCOLOrACIDAE — RIIYACOnilLUS SOLITARIUS. 



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List of specimens. 



Cntal. 

 No. 



1490 



1489 



717 



Ix>califv. 





67C1 

 48C1 

 609S 

 4179 



Carlisle, Pa 



do 



do 



Union county, III.. 



Platte river 



Couniil Bhiffs 



Indianola, Tc.\as... 

 Fort Brown, Texas. 



When collected 



May 8, 1S44 

 , do 



Sept. 9, 1842 



Whence obtained. 



S. V. Baird. 

 do... 



.do. 



Northwestern University 



Lt. Bryan 



I.t. Warren 



('apt. Pope 



Lt. Couch 



Collected by — 



R. Kennicott 

 W. S. Wood. 

 Dr. Ilayden.. 



Length. 



Stretch 

 of wing. 



Wing. 



10. .«0 19. 75 6. 32 

 10. .^1, 19. 75 6. 40 

 10.50 19.50 5.50 



RHYACOPIIILUS, Kaup. 



Rh/aeofhiltu, Kwr, Sk. Entw. Eun>p. Th. if'iO. Type rrhya ffkreola, L. (Gray.) 



Cu. Bill eleiider, but widening a little towards the end ; lateral grooves of both mandibles extending to the middle of bill; 



nostril short ; feathers on side of bill extending to about the same point and as far as beginning of nostrils ; those of chin as far 

 as their end ; both mandibles curved upwards slij-htly from middle ; legs short ; bill abiiut the length of tarsus, which is equal 

 to middle toe ; bare portion of tibia about two-thirds the toes. Tail about opposite the middle of toes when outstretched. 



IIHYACOPHILUS SOLITAKIUS, (W i 1 s .) B o n . 



Solitary Sandpiper. 



Tringa oehrcpiis, var. A. Latham, Ind. Orn. 1790. 

 Trinya soUtttria, WlLso^, Am. Orn. VII, 1813, .53 ; pi. Iviii. 

 Totanui lolilarius, AcD. Syn. 1839, 242.— Ib. Birds Am. V, 1842, 309 ; pi. :i4:!. 



TotoniM c/iiorqpy5i"t«,ViEiLi.oT,Nouv.Dict. VI, 1816, 401.— Boy. Obs. 182.->,ITo. 210.— Sw. F. B.Am. 11,1831, .39.3.— 

 WAfii.F.R, Isis, 1831, . 521. —NuTTAi.1., II, 159.— Aui>.Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 576 : V, 583; pi. 2b9.— 

 GossE, Birds Jam. 1847, 351. 

 Ehtjncophibu chlmopygiut, Bo.n. Comptes Rendus, Sept, 1856. 

 Totanua glartiAa, Ord, ed. Wils. VII, 18'25, 57. 

 ToUmua macroptera, Spix, Av. Bras. 11, 1825, 76 ; pi. xcii. 

 Sp. Ch. — Bill rather longer than the head, straight, slender, compressed; both mandibles with narrow grooves ; wing long, 

 pointed ; tail medium or rather short, rounded : legs rather long, alender ; lower half of the tibia naked ; toes long, the outer united 

 to the middle by a small membrane, flatteued underneath, raarginated. Upper parts greenish brown, with nulherous small 

 circular and irregular spots of ashy white ; upper tail coverts darker. Under parts white ; breast and neck before with numerous 

 longitudinal lines of greenish brown ; sides, axillaries, and under wing coverts white, with numerous transverse narrow bands of 

 dark greenish brown ; under tail coverts white, with a few transverse bands of dark brown. Quills brownish black, with a slight 

 bronzed or reddish Instre on the primaries ; two middle feathers of the tail greenish brown ; other feathers of the tail pure 

 white, with about five transverse bands of brownish black. Bill and legs dark greenish brown. 

 Total length, about 8 to 8i inches ; wing, 5 ; tail, 2\ ; bill, I^ ; tarsus, li inches. 

 Uab. — Entire temperate regions of North America ; Mexico. 



Like the preceding, this bird is extensively diffused, specimens in the collections of the 

 expeditions being from widely distant localities. 



