284 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 50LITARIU5 ( inVs.). 

 Solitary Sandpiper. 



Adult ill siimiiu'r: Top of head and l)ack I)ron/y green dotted with white: under parts 

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

 terminally. 



Adult ill iviiitcr: l^pper parts olive lirown, showing a faint greenish gloss when held in the 

 light, the feathers faintly dotted with dull white: throat white: breast streaked with brown 5 

 rest of under parts white. 



Length, S.50; Wing, 5.30; Tarsus. 1.20: r>ill, 1.30. 





Totanus solitariiis 



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

 Amei-ica. It usuall}^ 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. 



