LESSER YELLOWLEGS 



Bill long and straight, blackish; legs and feet 

 bright yellow. 



A migrant; a bird of slender build with long 

 legs and long pointed wings. It has a loud 

 whistle of several syllables by imitating which 

 it may be easily induced to approach. The 

 white rump is rather conspicuous in flight. 



5. Totanus flavipes (Gmelin) 

 Lesser Yellowlegs 



Neo glottis flavipes RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and M. Amer., 

 VIII, p. 337, 



Sexes alike. Length, 273 mm. (10.70 in.); 

 tail, 63 mm. (2.50 in.). Similar to Totanus 

 melanoleucus , except for its smaller size. 



A migrant resembling the last species but 

 smaller, apparently more common in the Zone. 

 Observed in April and recorded by Jewel in May, 

 August and October from Gatun and Hindi, 

 on the Atlantic side. 



6. Tringa solitaria solitaria (Wilson) 

 Solitary Sandpiper 



Helodromas s. solitarius STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1918, p. 245. 



Sexes alike. Length, 213 mm. (8.40 in.); 

 tail 55 mm. (2.20 in.). 



Adults in summer. General color of upper 

 parts deep grayish brown, rather sparsely 

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