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3. T. flavipes, Gm. LESSER TELL-TALE. YELLOW 

 SHANKS. Colors as in preceding; smaller; legs longer; 

 L. 11; W. 61; T. 21; B. If. U. S., abundant. 



*** Toes with inner web rudimentary; legs blackish. (Rhya- 

 cophilus, Kaup.) 



4. T. solitarius, Wilson. SOLITARY TATTLER. Olive 

 brown, streaked and speckled with whitish above; below 

 white, breast with dusky suffusion; bill straight and 

 slender; L. 9; W. 5; T. 2J; B. 1J. U.S., abundant 

 about secluded ponds, etc. 



//. TRINGOIDES, Bonaparte. SPOTTED SANDPIPERS. 



1. T. macularius, (L.) Gray. TIP -Up. TEETER -TAIL. 

 SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Lustrous drab above, varied with 

 black; pure white below, with round black spots in 

 adult; L. 8; W. 4; T. 2; B. 1. U. S., everywhere. 



12. PHILOMACHUS, Mohring. RUFFS. 

 1. P. pugnax, (L.) Gray. RUFF ($). REEVE ($). Male 

 in breeding season with a great ruff, and the face bare; 

 ? without these characters; L. 10; W. 7; T. 2f ; B. 1. 

 European; accidental on our coasts. 



13. ACTITURUS, Bonaparte. UPLAND SANDPIPERS. 



1. A. bartramius, (Wilson) Bon. UPLAND PLOVER. 



Dark grayish, variegated; L. 13; W. 7; T. 4; B. !. 

 U. S., abundant in fields, etc. 



14. TRYNGITES, Cabanis. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS. 

 1. T. rufescens, (Vieill.) Cab. Grayish, reddish below; 

 quills with white and finely mottled with black; L. 8; 

 W. 5J; T. 2. U. S., with the last, but not common. 



15. NUMENIUS, Linnaeus. CURLEWS. 

 1. N. hng/rostr/'s, Wils. LONG -BILLED CURLEW. 



