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GREATER YELLOW-LEGS 

 254. Totanus melanoleucus. 14 in. 



Bill long and rather slender; legs long and yellow or 

 greenish yellow. Head and neck streaked with gray 

 and white; back black margined with white; rump 

 white; tail barred black and white; underparts white, 

 washed with gray on the breast, and with numerous 

 black arrow-head markings. In winter, similar, but 

 with no bla<ck markings below. 



Notes. A loud three-syllabled whistle. 



Range. Breeds from northern portion of Miss. Val- 

 ley in the U. S. northward; winters from the Gulf 

 Skates and southern California southward. 



LESSER YELLOW-LEGS 

 255. Totanus flavipes. 10.5 in. 



Very similar- in form, color and markings to the 

 large Yellow-legs, but smaller in every way. 



Range. Breeds in the interior of Canada, nortli to 

 the Arctic Ocean, and possibly in northern Miss. Valley. 

 Winters from the Gulf States southward, migrating in 

 the interior and along the Atlantic coast. 



