1^2 KEY TO THK WA'I'KR BIRDS OK FLORIDA. 



species on our coast during the nii<^rations. It is common in Florida in 

 winter, especially durini^ mii^rations. 



Subgenus RHYACOPHILUS Kaup. 



TOTANUS 50LITARHJ5 ( /f// .). 

 Solitary Sandpiper. 



Adult in sHinincr: Top of head and back bronzy green dotted with white: under parts 

 white ; the breast thickly streaked and dotted with brown ; bill greenish brown (in life), dusky 

 terminally. 



Adult ill winter: Upper parts olive brown, showing a faint greenish gloss when held in the 

 light, the feathers faintly dotted with dull white: throat wliite : breast streaked with brown; 

 rest of under parts white. 



Length, S.50; Wing, 5.30; Tarsus. 1.20; Hill, 1.30. 



Totanus solitariii 



This species ranges froip the sub-Arctic regions southward to South 

 America. It usually occurs on our Atlantic coast during the migrations, and 

 is not uncommon in Florida. It breeds from Pennsylvania and Illinois 

 northward. The eggs, which are described from a single specimen taken 

 by Jenness Richardson, in Vermont, and described by Dr. Brewer, are light 

 drab with small rounded brown markings, having a few faint purplish marks 

 on the larger end. 



