284 ^^'^'^ TO Till'; N\'A'ri';R birds of fi>orida, 



species on our coast during the miL^rations. It is common in Florida in 

 winter, especialh' durini^ migrations. 



Subgenus RHYACOPHILUS Kaup. 



TOTANUS SOLITARIUS ( IJ'/Vs.). 

 Solitary Sandpiper. 



Adult in sii miner: Top of head and Ijack 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; 

 rest of under parts white. 



Length, S.50; Wing, 5.30; Tarsus. 1.20; Hill, 1.30. 







Totaniis sulitarius. 



Tliis sjiecies ranges I'rom 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. 



