255. YELLOW-LEGS. 11 in. 



(Totanus flavipes.) 



Similar in plumage and habits to 254, but smaller and 

 more common; in flocks; most abundant in fall migration; 

 call, three whistling notes resembling that of 254. Greater 

 Yellow-legs. 



256. SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 8}^ in. 



(Hfjlodromas soHtarius.) 



Back, dusky olive-brown finely spotted with white, crown 

 and back of neck showing dark streaks; white below, throat 

 unmarked; sides of head and neck with breast slightly buffy 

 and distinctly streaked; sides lightly barred; wings dark 

 brown w^ith one narrow white wing-bar; outer tail-feathers 

 white barred with black; note, a soft whistle; frequents fresh 

 water mostly. Spotted Sandpiper. 



261. BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 12 in. 



(Bartramia longicauda.) 

 Black edged regularly with buff; neck slender, buff, finely 

 streaked; tail barred with black; outer wing-feathers show 

 white barring; below pale buff with arrow-marks of black; 

 belly lighter with few markings; flute-like call or soft, mourn- 

 ful note; walks slowl3^ nodding head; flies high; when alight- 

 ing raises wings to full height before folding them; grassy plains 

 and pastures. Golden Plover. 



263. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 7}4 in. 



(Actitis macularia) 



Greenish-ash marked lightly with black; long white line 

 over eye; pure white below, adults with dark round spots; wings 

 brownish, marked broadly with white bar; flies close to the 

 water, wings full-spread, showing white bar; note, penetrat- 

 ing "pee-weet, weet"; walks with tilting motion. Solitary 

 Sandpiper. 



272. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. lOKin. 



(Charadrius dominicus.) 



Summer: black, mottled with yellow; sides of breast 

 white, otherwise black below; forehead and line over eye, 

 white; below eye, black; lining of wings ashy. Winter: 

 whitish below. Plains and sandy hills or fields; runs swiftly; 

 melodious whistle; in flocks. Black-bellied Plover. 



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