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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



species on our coast during the migrations. It is common in Florida in 

 winter, especially during migrations. 



Subgenus RHYACOPHILUS Kaup. 



TOTANUS SOLITARIUS {IVi/s.). 

 Solitary Sandpiper. 



Adult in summer: Top of head and back bronzy green dotted with white; under parts 

 white ; the breast thickly streaked and dotted with brown ; bill greenish brown (in life), dusky 

 terminally. 



Adult in winter: Upper parts olive brown, showing a faint greenish gloss when held in the 

 light, the feathers faintly dotted with dull white ; throat white ; breast streaked with brown j 

 rest of under parts white. 



Length, 8.50; Wing, 5.30; Tarsus, 1.20; Bill, 1.30. 



Totanus solitarius. 



This species ranges from the sub-Arctic regions southward to South 

 America. It usually occurs on our Atlantic coast during the migrations, and 

 is not uncommon in Florida. It breeds from Pennsylvania and Illinois 

 northward. The eggs, which are described from a single specimen taken 

 by Jenness Richardson, in Vermont, and described by Dr. Brewer, are light 

 drab with small rounded brown markings, having a few faint purplish marks 

 on the larger end. 



