26O VERTEBRATES I BIRDS. 



The Genus Symphemia has the bill very thick and 

 recurved. 



The Willet, S. semipalmata, Hartl., of temperate North 

 and South America, is fifteen inches long, and the wing 

 eight and a quarter inches ; upper parts dark ashy ; rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and under parts, white. 



The Genus Glottis is represented by the Florida Green- 

 shank, G.floridanus, Bonap., which is eleven inches long. 

 The Genus Gambetta has the bill much attenuated to- 

 wards the tip, the outer toe webbed to the first joint, and 

 the inner web very short. 



The Tell-tale, or Stone Snipe, G. melanoleuca, Bonap., 

 of North America, is fourteen inches long, and the wing 

 about eight inches ; upper parts cinereous ; under parts 

 white, with longitudinal stripes on the neck, and trans- 

 verse spots and stripes of dark on the breast and sides. 



Fig- 137- The Yellow-Legs, G.fla- 



vipes, Bonap., of Eastern 

 North America, is similar 

 to the preceding, but small- 

 er, being ten inches long, 

 and the wing six inches. 

 The Genus Rhyacophilus 

 has the bill curved upward 



Yellow-Legs, G.ftavipes, Bonap. slightly from the middle. 



It is represented by the Solitary Sandpiper, R. solitarius, 

 Bonap., of North America, which is eight and a half 

 inches long, and the wing five inches. 



The Genus Heteroscelus has the bill stout and com- 

 pressed. It is represented by the Wandering Tatler, H. 

 brevipes, Baird, of Washington Territory, which is about 

 ten and a half inches long, and the wing six and a half 

 inches. 



The Genus Tringoides has the bill straight, shorter 

 than the head, and the tail much rounded. It is repre- 



