YELLOW-LEGGED SANDPIPER. 



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the streaks on the neck and breast are almost as distinct as in summer 

 plumage, but those on the under tail-coverts have almost disappeared. 

 The young in first plumage of the two species, as might be expected, 

 resemble each other still more closely ; but besides the difference in dimen- 

 sions, the bars on the rump are more numerous, and the streaks on the 

 under tail-coverts are less distinct in the American than in the European 

 species. In the colours of the soft parts the two species are alike, except 

 that in the adult Yellowshank the legs and feet are bright yellow. 



