172 MIGRANTS AND WINTER RESIDENTS 



Yellow-legs; Summer Yellow-legs: Totaiuis fla-c'il^cs. 



Like the Greater Yellow-legs, but smaller. Length 10 or 

 II inches. Rather common. 



Solitary Sandpiper: Hclodromas solitarius. 



Upper parts dark olive-brown, faintly speckled with white; 

 under parts white, dark brown markings on throat, breast 

 and sides. Winter plumage, upper parts grayish-brown; 

 dark markings fainter. Length 85^ inches. April to May 

 25; July 25 to November. Common. 



Bartramian Sandpiper; Upland Plover: Barframia 

 loiigicanda. 



Head, neck and upper parts, black and yellowish-brown; 

 breast faint yellowish marked with dusky; belly and throat 

 white; crown divided by a bufif line. Length 11 ^-4 inches. 

 April to May; July to September. Rare. 



Virginia Rail: Ralhis 7'irgiiiiainis. 



General effect of color chestnut-red. Upper parts dark 

 brown streaked with chestnut; throat white; under parts 

 chestnut. Length gYj inches. 



Sora; Ortolan: Porzana Carolina. 



Upper parts mixed, olive-brown and black, feathers edged 

 with white; throat and breast pale bluish-gray; belly white; 

 hanks barred with black and white. Length 8j/ inches. 

 March to May; July to November. Common. 



American Coot; Mud Hen: Fiilica amcricana. 



General color dark slate, paler below; head and neck black; 

 bill flesh color, red at the base; legs and feet greenish. 

 Length 15 inches. March to May; September to October 

 15. Common. 



