254. Totanus melanoleucus 
GREATER YELLOW:LEGS. 14 inches 
Adult. Inspring. Above dark brown speckled with white ; rump 
white. Below white, streaked and spotted with gray; long bill, black ; 
long legs, bright yellow. In fallandImmature. Above light gray 
spotted with white. Below white, faintly streaked with gray. 
Also known as Winter Yellow-legs. ‘Tall birds of the salt marshes and 
flats; on the wing their white rumps and yellow legs are conspicu- 
ous, when they alight they teeter their bodies. 
Note. Three or four whistled notes, whew, wheu, wheu. 
Breeds. Far north. Common migrant on the coast in April, 
May, and July to October. 
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