SCOLOPACID&, SNIPE, ETC.—GEN. 214-216. PAA) 
abundant, migratory ; like the last, a restless noisy denizen of the marshes, 
bays and estuaries. Wi1S., vi, 57, pl. 58; Nurtr., ii, 148; Aun., v, 316, 
moro CASS, In Bp. (al. . 2 2. eC. Ch e)6|hMELANOLEUCUS. 
Fic. 170. Greater Tell-tale. 
Lesser Tell-tale. Yellow-shanks. A miniature of the last; colors pre- 
cisely the same; legs comparatively longer; bill grooved rather further. 
Length under 12; wing under 7; tail under 3; bill under 2; tarsus about 2 ; 
middle toe and claw, and bare tibia, each, 14. Eastern (and Western ?) 
N. Am., abundant, in the same places as the last. Wiuts., vii, 55, pl. 57; 
Worr., ui, 152; Aup., v, 313, pl. 344; Cass. in Bp., 732. . . FLAVIPES. 
Green-shanks. Size and form almost exactly as in the last species; bill 
longer, about 24; colors nearly the same, but bill and legs greenish; rump 
and lower back, as well as the tail and its coverts, white, with more or fewer 
dark marks. Florida. TJ. glottis Aup., v, 321, pl. 346; Nurr., ii, 68; 
Glottis floridanus Cass. in Bp., 730. There is no reason to suppose that 
this bird is any thing more than a straggler to this country; Audubon’s 
specimen is absolutely identical with European ones. . . . CHLOROPUS. 
*** Toes with inner web rudimentary; legs blackish. (Rhyacophilus.) 
Solitary Tattler. Bill perfectly straight, very slender, grooved little beyond 
its middle; 8-9; wing 5; tail 24; bill, tarsus, and middle toe, each about 
1-14; tibie bare 3. Dark lustrous olive-brown, streaked on the head and 
neck, elsewhere finely speckled, with whitish; below, white, jugulum and 
sides of neck with brownish suffusion, and dusky streaks; rump and upper 
tail -coverts like the back; tail, 
axillars and lining of wings beauti- 
fully barred with black and white ; 
quills entirely blackish ; bill and feet 
blackish; young duller above, less 
speckled, jugulum merely suffused 
with grayish-brown. N. America, 
abundant, migratory ; a shy, quiet inhabitant of wet woods, moist meadows 
and secluded pools, rather than of the marshes; breeds in mountainous 
portions of the U. S., and northward. Wuts., vi, 53, pl. 58; Nurv., ii, 
159; Aup., v, 309, pl. 343; Cass. in Bp., 7338. . . - ~ SOLITARIUS. 
FiG.171. Solitary Tattler. 
