74 . BIRDS OF OHIO. 
This species reaches Oberlin about April 20th, and often 
tarries well into May. It returns again about the middle of 
September and remains a month. Rev. W. F. Henninger 
has a record for March 14, 1899, which is certainly early 
for the species, for southern Ohio. 
99. (255.) . ToTANuUS FLAVIPES (Gmel.). 216, 
Yellow-legs. ° 
Synonyms: Scolopax flavipes, Gambetta flavipes. 
Lesser Tell-tale, Common Yellow-legs, Lesser Yellow-shanks. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geok Surv., 1838, 161. 
Judging from my own experience, this is the commoner 
form of this genus in northern Ohio at least. It is found 
in the same situations as the larger species, and frequently 
associates with it, while feeding, but seems to prefer to fly 
only with its own kind. I have seen companies of fifteen to 
twenty birds, in the ratio of two of the Greater to three 
of the Lesser Yellow-legs, feeding together, in starting up 
from the pool immediately separate, each species flying by 
itself. 
Rev. W. F. Henninger has a record for southern Ohio 
on March 18, 1901. This is undoubtedly the earliest record 
for the appearance of this species for the state. The average 
date of arrival at Oberlin falls close to the first of May. 
This may be too late, since there are records for the middle 
of April. The southward movement begins early in Au- 
gust and continues to the end of September. 
100. (256.) HeELopromaAs soLiraRtus (Wils.). 217. 
Solitary Sandpiper. 
Synonyms: Totanus solitarius, T. chlorypigius. Rhyacophilus 
solitarius, Tringa solitaria. 
American Green Sandpiper, Solitary Tattler, Wagtail, Tip-up. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165. 
As its name implies, this bird is solitary in its habits, and 
does not occur in flocks. It clearly prefers a small pond in 
the borders of some open woods, or in the midst of a pas- 
ture in which there remain scattering trees. It may also be 
