SCOLOPACID^ : TATTLERS. 639 



middle toe and claw, and bare tibia, each, 1.25. N. Am., abundant, in the same places as 

 the last. Breeds from tlie N. States northward, and winters in the U. S. Eggs 3-4, pointedly 

 pyiiform, 1.58 to 1.78 X about 1.16 ; ground clay-color, buffy or creamy, not olivaceous, the 

 markings showing boldly on the pale ground, but in great diversity, some eggs being heavily 

 splashed with blotches conHuent ^out the great end, others having small clean-edged spots all 

 over the surfiice ; markings ricli umber, chocolate, or blackish, with neutral-tint shell-spots. 

 ' 635. T, glot'tis. (Gr. yXwrru, glotta, the tongue ; i. e. noisiness.) Green-shanks. Size and 

 form almost exactly as in T. vielanoleucus ; rather smaller ; bill about 2.25; wing 7.50; tail 

 3.25 ; tarsus 2.50; colors nearly the sanie, but bill and legs greenish ; rump and lower back, 

 as well as the tail and its coverts, white with more or fewer dark marks, chietiy broken bars 

 or other variegation on the tail-feathers alone. " Florida." T. glottis Aud., B. Am., Svo ed., 

 V, 321, pi. 346. There is no reason to suppose that this bird is anything more than a strag- 

 gler to this country ; Audubon's specimen is absolutely identical with European ones. 

 245. RHYACO'PHILUS. (Gr. pva^, gen. pvoKos, hruax, hruakos, a brook ; <pi\of, 2)hilos, loving.) 

 Green Tattlers. Bill moderately longer than head, perfectly straight, very slender, 

 grooved a little beyond its middle. Legs not very long for this group ; tarsus little exceeding 

 middle toe and claw; bill and legs both dark-colored. Only the most rudimentary web 

 between inner and middle toe ; a moderate one between outer and middle. Upper parts dark- 

 colored ; tail rounded, fuUy barred with white. Small. 



Analysis of Species. 



Leugth over 9.00; upper tail-coverts white ; legs grayish -blue , ochropus 636 



liCngthunder 9.00; upper tail-coverts like back; legs greenish, drying blackish so/itarius 637 



63G. R. och'ropus. (Gr. wxpos, ochros, pale, sallow, wan; novs, pons, foot; not well chosen.) 

 Green Sandpiper. Upper parts blackish-brown, with faint olivaceous metallic gloss, 

 streaked on the head and neck, speckled on the back and wings, with white ; upper tail-coverts 

 white. Tail white at base ; lateral pair of rectrices white, others marked with white and 

 blackish in bars. Below, white, jugulum and sides marked with dusky. Bill blackish ; iris 

 brovA'n ; feet grayish-blue, greenish on the joints. Leugth about 10.00 ; wing 5.50; tail 2.50 ; 

 bill 1.50 ; tarsus 1.30. Nova Scotia ; a straggler from Europe (one instance, Bull. NuttaU 

 Club, iii, 1878, p. 49). 



637. R. solita'rius. (Lat. .soZitenMs, solitary ; soZms, alone. Fig. 446.) Solitary Tattler. Amer- 

 ican Green Sandpiper. $ 9 > adult : 

 Above, dark lustrous olive-bro\^-n, streaked 

 on the head and neck, elsewhere finely speck- 

 led, with white ; no continuous white on rump 

 or upper tail-coverts. Below, white; the jug- 

 ulum and sides of neck shaded with brownish 

 and streaked with dusky ; sides, axillars, and 

 lining of wings regularly barred with dusky. Ficx. 446. -Solitary Sandpiper, nat. size. (Ad nat. 



Rump and upper tail-coverts like back ; tail 

 beautifully and regularly barted throughout with black and white ; white prevailing on the 

 outer feathers, wliere the dark bars may be broken, and white reduced to a series of marginal 

 spots on the middle feathers. Primaries and edge of wing blackish, unmarked; secondaries 

 like back, mostly unmarked, the inner ones gradually gaining white spots. Bill blackish ; 

 legs dull greenish (drying quite black, like many scrophulariaceous plants). Length 8.00- 

 9.00, usually between these figures; extent 15.50-17.00; wing 4.75-5.40 ; tail 2.25; bill 

 1.12-1.24; tarsus 1.20-1.30; middle toe and claw 1.12-1.20. Young: Above, lighter and 

 less olivaceous brownish, without gloss, the speckling less, or else of a rusty tinge. Suffusion 

 of jugulum paler and more restricted. White around and over eye better defined. Bill and 

 feet ashy-greenish. N. America, the representative of R. ochropus; N. to Alaska. Breeds 



