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YELLOW-SHANKS. 



YELLOW-SHANKED SANDPIPER. TATLEE. 



Totanus flavipes, NUTTALL. AUDUBON. 



Scolopax jiavipes, WILSON. 



Totanus ? Flavipes, Flavus Yellow. Pes A foot. 



THIS Sandpiper abounds in North America, in various 

 parts of the United States, and, in fact, from Florida to 

 Labrador. 



In this country it has only occurred as a rarity, one 

 having been shot at Misson, Nottinghamshire, near Bawtry, 

 Yorkshire. It was preserved by Mr. Hugh Eeid, of Doncaster, 

 an old acquaintance of mine, and purchased by Sir W. E. 

 M. Milner, Bart., M.P. for York. 



They migrate northwards in May, *au revoir' southwards in 

 September. 



They frequent the mud banks, wet marshes, and estuaries 

 of the sea-coast; and also have been observed on dry uplands, 

 by the sides of inland streams, and on cultivated grounds, 

 They shew the usual signs of alarm on the nest being 

 approached, flying round the intruder with drooping wings 

 and feet. 



They feed on small fishes, shrimps, water and land insects, 

 grasshoppers, and worms. 



The note is a sharp whistle of three or four notes, and is 

 uttered when flying and when about to take wing. 



Male; length, nine inches and three quarters. The bill is 

 black, the upper mandible rounded towards the point, which 

 projects slightly downwards beyond the end of the lower one; 

 iris, dark brown. Head, crown, neck on the back, and nape, 



