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The willet in breeding dress is grayish brown above with spots 

 and bars of dusky, and white below with irregular markings of dusky. 

 The axillars and under wing coverts are blackish. In winter the 

 bird lacks the dusky spottings. When at rest it appears quite plain 

 and ordinary so that one is astonished by the striking pattern of 

 white on black revealed when it spreads its wings for flight. The 

 species is one of the largest shorebirds reported for the island being 

 as bulky in body as a pigeon. 



TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmelin) 

 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, CHORLO, CABALIERO, PATA AMARILLA 



Scolopax flavipes Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 (New York). 



Totanus flavipes, Hitter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1S36, p. 157 

 (Haiti). — Tippenhauek, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 322 (listed). — Bartsch, Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 30, July 27, 1917, p. 132 (Haiti).— Bond, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 496 (Etang Miragoane, Trou Caiman, 

 Port-de-Paix, Fort Liberty, Gonave and Tortue Islands). — Danforth, Auk, 

 1929, p. 364 (Etang Bois-Neuf, Artibouite, Les Salines, Monte Cristi). — 

 Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, p. 313 (Laguna de Guerra, 

 specimen ) . 



Neoglottis flavipes, Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 139; Beneath 

 Tropic Seas, 1928, p. 220 (Source Matelas). 



Winter visitant ; probably common near the coast. 



The present species is common during migration through the 

 Greater Antilles. The only records for the Dominican Republic are 

 the following. W. L. Abbott secured one on Saona Island Sep- 

 tember 13, 1919, ,and one at the eastern end of Lake Enriquillo, 

 October 5, 1919. (At the latter point the bird was common from 

 October 1 to 6). Kaempfer collected one at Sanchez September 15, 

 1922, the specimen now being in the Tring Museum according to 

 Hartert. Danforth saw lesser yellowlegs at Monte Cristi August 

 4 and 5, 1927. Ciferri shot one at Laguna de Guerra August 13, 

 1929. 



In Haiti, Hitter in 1836 and Tippenhauer in 1893 list this species 

 without comment, and it is probable that this bird is included among 

 those listed by Descourtilz in 1809 under the names clin-clin and 

 tui-tui. Bartsch saw this species in a trip from Port-au-Prince to 

 St. Marc and return April 21 and 22, 1917, and collected one on the 

 salt flats north of Port-au-Prince April 25. Abbott shot one at 

 Trou Caiman March 11, 1918, and two at Grande Cayemite Island 

 January 4, 1918. Wetmore recorded one in muddy shallows near 

 the sulphur spring at Sources Puantes March 29 and 30, 1927, and 

 at the Etang Miragoane April 1. Beebe found a flock of 21 at 

 Source Matelas in January, 1927. Danforth collected one of about 



