IGG NORTir AMERICAN lilRDS. 



dj'ko-bi'own, iind purplish gray. Ifiib. Northern North America 

 in summer; migrating southward (chiefly eastof Koclvy Moun- 

 tains) to West Indies, Buenos Aires, Chili, etc.; accidental in 



Europe 255. T. flavipes ((Imkl.). Yellow-legs. 



P. Tarsus much less than one and a half times as long as the middle toe, with 

 claw. (Subgenus Hdodromas Kaup.') 

 c'. Upper tail-coverts dusky, barred with white; middle tail-feathcr-s 

 dusky, spotted along edges with white. Summer adult: Above 

 olivaceous-slate, rather sparsely speckled with white ; fore-neck 

 distinctly streaked with dusky. Winter plumage : Above dark ashy, 

 less distinctly speckled with white, the fore-neck less distinctlj- 

 streaked. Young : Above grayish brown, thickly speckled with 

 dull buff; sides of head and neck nearlj- uniform grayish. Length 

 7.50-8.60, wing 5.00-5.40, culmen 1.15-1.30, tarsu^^ 1.25-1.90, middle 

 too 1.00. Fgg (identification doubtful, but probably correct) 1.32 

 X .90. dull light buffy, thickly spotted and clouded with rich mad- 

 <ler-brown and purplish gray. Jfab. Temperate North America in 

 summer, southern United States aTid tropical America in general in 



(17.) winter 256. T. solitarius (Wils.). Solitary Sandpiper. 



c*. Upper tail-coverts pure white, nearlj' or quite immaculate ; middle 

 tail-feathers widely barred with white; otherwise, very similar in 

 plumage, in all stages, to T. solitarius. Downy young : " Covered 

 with close fine down; bead grajish buff; a black line passes through 

 each eye from the base of the bill to the nape ; another broad lino 

 I^asses through the centre of tho crown, and joins with one on each 

 side of the crown at the nape, forming a patch, which is continued 

 in a broad lino to the rump ; upper parts grayish buff and rufous, 

 variegated with black, tho latter Ibrming to some extent a broad 

 lino on each side of the body; chin, throat, and under-parts white." 

 (Dresser.) Length about 10.00. wing 5.40-5.70, culmen 1.30-1.40, 

 tarsus 1.25-1.40, middle toe .95-1.00. Nest not built b)- this species, 

 but the abandoned nest of some trco-building bird, as a thrush, ja}', 

 or pigeon, often at a considerable height from the ground. 2iggs 

 3-7, l^^lfj X Irtr-^Tii' P^'*^ "grayish sea-green, sparingly marked 

 with . . . pui'plish gray . . . and dark brown." (Dresser.) Ilah. 

 Northern portions of eastern hemisphere; accidental in eastern 

 North America (Nova Scotia). 



257. T. ochrcpus (Linn.). Green Sandpiper. 



a}. Bill much shorter than middle toe, with claw. (Subgenus Rhyacophihts KAirr.) 



Under wing-covcrts white, the exterior ones spotted with duskj- ; wing 



4.75-4.90, culmen 1.10-1.17, tarsus 1.40-1.4C, middle toe 1.00-1.05. Jlab. 



Eastern hemisphere; casual in Aleutian Islands. 



— . T. glareola (Linn.). Wood Sandpiper.' 



' Helodromnn Kait. Nnturl. Ryst. 1820, 1 1 1. Typo, Tniija nvlirnpim I.ins. 



« Tringa ghml,, Linx., S. X. cJ. 10, i. ITJS, 1 lU. Tohiniis glareola Tkmm.. Mun. d'Orn. 1.S15, 421. 



