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3. T. flavipes, Gm. Lesser Tell -Tale. Yellow 

 Shanks. Colors as in preceding; smaller; legs longer; 

 L. 11; W. ^\ T. 21; B. 1|. U. S., abundant. 



*** Toes with iuner web rudimentary; legs blaekish. {Rhya- 

 cophiluH^ Kaup.) 



4. T. solHarius, Wilson. Solitary Tattler. Olive 

 brown, streaked and speckled with whitish above; below 

 white, breast with dusky suffusion; bill straight and 

 slender; I.. 9; W. 5; T. 2 J; B. IJ. U. S., abundant 

 about secluded ponds, etc. 



//. TRINGOIDES, Bonaparte. Spotted Sandpipers. 



1. T. macu/ar/us, (lj.)Gr£iy. Tip -Up. Teeter -Tail. 

 Spotted Sandpiper. Lustrous drab above, varied with 

 black; pure white below, with round black S230ts in 

 adult; L. 8; W. 4; T. 2; B. 1. U. S., everywhere. 



f2. MACHETES, Cuvier. Ruffs. 

 1. M. pugnax, (L.) Ruff {^). Reeve ($). Male 

 in breeding season with a great ruff, and the face bare; 

 ? without these characters; L. 10; W. 7; T. 2f ; B. 1^. 

 European; accidental on our coasts. 



13, BARTRAMIA, Upland Sandpipers. 

 1. B. longicauda, (Bechst) Cs. Upland Plover. 

 Dark grayish, variegated; I^. 13; W. 7; T. 4; B. 1^. 

 U. S., abundant in fields, etc. 



14. TRYNGITES, Cabanis. Buff-Breasted Sandpipers. 

 1. r. ry/esce/75, (Vieill.) Cab. Grayish, reddish below; 

 quills with white and finely mottled with black; L. 8; 

 W. 5^; T. 2\. U. S., with the last, but not common. 



15. NUMENIUS, Linmeus. Curleavs. 



1. N. longirostris, Wils. Long -Billed Curlew. 

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