ORDER LIMICOL^. 



Subgenus GLOTTIS Koch. 



93 



Glottis Koch, Baier. Zool. 1816, 304. Type, Totanus glottis 

 Bechst. = Scolopax nebularius Gunner. 



[253.] Totanus nebularius (Gunn.). 



Green-shank. 



Scolopax nebularius Gunner, in Leem, Lapp. Beskr. 1767, 251. 

 Totanus nebularius Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. 1882, 37. 



[B 538, C 434, R 547, C 635.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern hemisphere ; accidental in Florida. 



254. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). 



Greater Yellow-legs. 



Scolopax melanoleuca Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 659. 



Totanus melanoleucus Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. VI. 18 16, 



398. 



[B 539, C 432, R 543, C 633.] 



Geog. Dist. — America in general, breeding from Iowa and north- 

 ern Illinois, etc., northward, and migrating south to Chili and 

 Argentine Republic. 



255. Totanus flavipes (Gmel.). 



Yellow-legs. 



Scolopax fiavipes Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 659. 



Totanus fiavipes Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. VI. 18 16, 410. 



[B 540, C 433, R 549, C 634.] 



Geog. Dist. — America in general, breeding in the cold temperate 

 and subarctic districts, and migrating south in winter to southern 

 South America. Less common in western than in eastern North 

 America. 



Subgenus HELODROMAS Kaup. 



Helodromas Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 144. 

 Type, Tringa ochropus Linn. 



