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Vol. /. 



March 190L 



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GREATER YELLOW LEGS. 



A- O I/. JWo- 234-- {Totanuj melanoleucuj.) 



R.ANGE. 



North America generaUy, breeding from northern United States 

 northward to Labrador. Migrates in winter- to Chili and the Argen- 

 tine Republic. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Length, 14 inches; extent of wings, 25 inches; tail, 3 inches; bill 

 slender, black, and about 2.25 inches long; eyes brown; legs long and 

 slender, yellow. Upper parts grayish brown spotted with white and 

 black. Rump and tail white, the latter barred with brown. Throat 

 and under parts white, streaked with black on breast, head and neck. 



NEST AND EGGS. 



The nest is simply a slight depression in the ground lined with grasses. 

 The eggs are three to four in number, grayish buff, blotched with varying 

 shades of brown. 



HABITS. 



The Greater Yellow-legs, Tell- They are sociable, and travel 



tale, or Winter Yellow-legs is together in quite large flocks. 



rather a common shore bird during 

 migrations; which occur during 

 early May and August. 



When flying or on the ground, 

 they continually utter a shrill whis- 

 tle from which they get their 

 name, "Tell-tale." 



They can be called easily by imi- 

 tating their whistle. 



They are well known to sports- 

 men, and also to the opposite class, 

 I mean those individuals whose 

 sole aim in life seems to be to see 

 how great a number of birds they 



