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Inglis shot a solitary one September 2, 1890, on 

 Laprairie common. 



Genus Totanus. Bechstein. 

 Subgenus " Totanus." 



79. Greater Yellow-legs. (Yellow-legs ; Greater 



Tattler; Stone Snipe.) T. melanoleucus. 

 (Gmel.) 



"Transient Visitant," common. The large yel- 

 low-legs occur here singly and in small flocks in 

 the autumn, but are scarce in the spring of the year. 

 They sometimes prove tough birds to shoot, and I 

 know on several occasions many shots have been 

 fired at them without bringing them down, al- 

 though within range and the sportsmen not bad 

 shots I saw three or four of this species along the 

 river shore, between Laprairie and St. Lambert, 

 May 19, 1892. 



80. Yellow-legs. (Lesser Tattler; Yellow-shanks.) 



T. flavipes. (Gmel.) 



" Transient Visitant," scarce. I shot a male 

 specimen of this species June 1, 1889, at Laprairie. 



Subgenus " Helodromas." Kaup. 



81. Solitary Sandpiper. T. solitarius. (Wils.) 



" Transient Visitant," scarce. I have frequently 

 seen one or two birds of this species from the 24th 



