248 AVES: LIMICOI^E. XXXVIII. 



long. L. 12. W. 7J. T.3J. B. 2J. N. Am., frequent. 

 black ; \VKOS, white.) 



773. T. flavipes (Gmelin). YELLOW LEGS. Colors as in pre- 

 ceding ; nasal groove more than half bill ; smaller ; legs longer. 

 L. 11. W. 6. T. 2J. B. If. U. S., abundant. (Lat., flavus, 

 yellow ; pes, foot.) 



aa. Tarsus much less than li times middle toe and claw; legs dusky. (Helo- 

 dromas Kaup.) 



774. T. solitarius (Wilson). SOLITARY TATTLER. Olive 

 brown, sparsely speckled with whitish above ; below white ; breast 

 dusky; bill straight and slender. L. 9. W. 5. T. 2J. B. l\. 

 N. Am., abundant about secluded ponds. 



395. SYMPHEMIA Rafinesque. (avv, with ; fapt, I speak ; in 



allusion to their noisy discussions.) 



775. S. semipalmata (Gmelin). WILLET. Brownish gray, 

 varied with dusky, mostly whitish below. L. 15 or 16. W. 7J. 

 T. 3. B. 2. N. Am., common coastwise. The larger western 

 bird (111. and W.) is var. inornata Brewster. W. 8. B. 2J. 



396. BARTRAMIA Lesson. (To William Bartram, "grand- 



father of American ornithology.") 



776. B. longicauda (Bechstein). UPLAND SANDPIPER. Light 

 brownish, marked with ochraceous and blackish ; throat whitish ; 

 tail feathers mostly marked with white. L. 12. W. 6J. T. 4. B. 

 1^. E. N. Am., abundant in fields, etc. Allied to this species is 

 the European Ruff (Pavoncella pugnax L.), occasionally taken in 

 E. U. S., the male with a very conspicuous ruff. 



397. TRYNGITES Cabanis. (From Tringa.) 



777. T. subruficollis (Vieillot). BUFF-BREASTED SAND- 

 PIPER. Grayish, mottled with darker; buffy below; under pri- 

 mary coverts and quills with white, and finely mottled with black. 

 L. 8. W. 5J. T. 2}. B. |. N. Am., chiefly in interior ; not com- 

 mon. (Lat., sub, under ; rufus, reddish ; collum, neck.) 



398. ACTITIS Boie. (Lat., acta, shore.) 



778. A. macularia (L.). TIP-UP. TEETER-TAIL. SPOTTED 

 SANDPIPER. Lustrous drab above in summer, varied with black ; 

 pure white below, with round blackish spots in adult. L. 8. W. 4. 

 T. 2. B. 1. N. Am., everywhere, common. (Lat. spotty.) 



399. NUMENIUS Linnaeus, (veos, new; ^771/77, moon.) 

 a. Secondaries, quills, etc., rusty cinnamon ; lower parts pale cinnamon. 



779. N. longirostris Wilson. LONG-BILLED CURLEW. SICKLE 

 BILL. Cinnamon, varied with gray and blackish. L. 24. W. 12. 

 T. 4. B. 5 to 9. N. Am., frequent. 



aa. Secondaries and quills chiefly dusky brownish; lower parts dull buffy. 



