BIRDS or INDIANA. 



719 



53. GENUS TOTANUS BECHSTEIN. 



a 1 . Middle toe not more than half as long as tarsus; legs yellow. 



Subgenus GLOTTIS Koch. 



6 1 . Wing over 7.00. T. melanoleucus (Guiel.). 102 



b 2 . Wing under 7.00. T. flavipes (Grael.). 103 



a-. Middle toe nearly or quite as long as tarsus; legs not yellow. 



Subgenus HELODROMAS Kaup. T. solitarius (Wils.). 104 



Subgenus GLOTTIS Koch. 



102. (254). Totanus melanoleucus (GMEL.). 



Greater Yellow-legs. 



Head and foot of Greater Yellow-legs. Natural size. . 



Bill, straight or slightly bent upwards, very slender, grooved half 

 its length or less, black; legs, long and slender, yellow; in summer, 

 ashy-brown; above, varied with black and speckled with whitish; be- 

 low, white; jugulum, streaked; breast, sides and crissum, speckled or 

 barred with blackish, these latter marks fewer or wanting in winter 

 and in young; upper tail coverts, white, with dark bars; tail feathers, 

 marbled or barred with ashy or white; quills, blackish; large. 



Length, about 14.00; wing, 7.50-7.75; bill, 2.20-2.30; tarsus, 2.50- 

 2.75. 



RANGE. America in general, breeding from Iowa and possibly 

 northern Illinois northward, south to Patagonia, Winters from Gulf 

 coast southward. 



Nest, a depression in ground, lined with grass.' Eggs, 3-4; brown- 

 ish-buffy, irregularly spotted with rich Vandyke or marbled brown; 

 1.43 by 1.20. 



Migrant, tolerably common in suitable places, northward, but rare 

 in the southern half of the State. They arrive about March 20 to 



