GREATER YELLOW-LEGS 
254. Totanus melanoleucus. 14 in. 
Bill long and rather slender; legs long and yellow or 
greenish yellow. Head and neck streaked with gray 
and white; back black margined with white; rump 
white; tail barred black and white; underparts white, 
washed with gray on the breast, and with numerous 
black arrow-head markings. In winter, similar, but 
with no black markings below. 
Notes.—A loud three-syllabled whistle. 
Range.—Breeds from northern portion of Miss. Val- 
ley in the U. S. northward; winters from the Gulf 
States and southern California southward. 
LESSER YELLOW-LEGS 
255. Totanus flavipes. 10.5 in. 
Very similar in form, color and markings to the 
large Yellow-legs, but smaller in every way. 
Range.—Breeds in the interior of Canada, north to 
the Arctic Ocean, and possibly in northern Miss. Valley. 
Winters from the Gulf States southward, migrating in 
the interior and along the Atlantic coast. 
