324 Synopsis of the Birds 



Semipalmated Snipe, Scolopax semipalmata, Wils. Jim. 

 Orn. vii. p. -27. pi. b&.fig. S- summer dress. 



Inhabits throughout North America ; an accidental visi- 

 tant on the western European shores: common during sum- 

 mer in the middle states, where it breeds in great numbers.* 



SUBGENUS II. TOTANUS. 



Bill straight, slender, hard, furrowed and flexible nearly 

 to the middle. Inner toe cleft. 



More allied to Tringa, (especially Machetes,) by their 

 more sensible bill. 



260. Totanus melanolf.ucus, Vieill. Ashy brown, spotted 

 with black and white ; rump white ; tail white, barred with 

 brown ; feet yellow ; bill entirely blackish, slightly recurved. 

 Length fourteen and a half inches. 



Telltale Godwh, or Snipe, Scol pax vocifera, Wils. vii. 

 p. hi. jig. 5. summer dress. 



Inhabits throughout North America in suitable places: 

 common from April to November in the middle states, 

 where it breeds. 



261 . Totanus flavipes, Vieill. Ashy-brown, spotted with 

 black and white; rump white ; tail white, barred with brown; 

 feet yellow, bill entirely black, straight. Length ten inches. 



Yellow shanks Snipe, Scolopax jlavipes, Wils. vii. p. 55. 

 pi. 58>jig' 4. summer dress. 



* Following - the mania of the day, we have formed a new subg-enus for 

 the reception of this bird, which deserves the distinction quite as well, and 

 better than a great many others. We adopt Glottis, Nilsson, for those 

 with stout but recurved bills, and inner toe cleft. None are found in the 

 United States, and but one in Europe. 



