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255 Tetanus flavipes (Gmelin). 

 Yellow-legs, Summer Yellow-legs. 



Adults. Length, 9.50-11. Wing, 6.25-6.65. Plumage similar to the Greater 

 Yellow-legs at all seasons ; easily distinguished by the difference in size. 



Transient; very rare in spring, but usually common in autumn. 

 Occurs from July to October 15th. 



Mr. Scott 1 saw none in spring at Long Beach in 1877, but they 

 arrived as early as July 9th, and were common through August, 

 Messrs. H. W. Hand and Philip Laurent 2 state that it is not so com- 

 mon on the Cape May beaches as the preceding. 



It is said to occur occasionally on the Delaware, although I have no 

 recent record. At Princeton a few appear the latter part of every 

 summer, and August 14th, 1875, Mr. Scott secured five specimens. 



In Wilson's time it was very plentiful in autumn, and large num- 

 bers were brought to market. On September 5th he "shot several 

 dozens on the meadows of Schuylkill, below Philadelphia." The 

 alleged records of nesting in the State are without foundation, as 

 stated under the preceding species. 



256 Helodromas solitarius (Wilson). 

 Solitary Sandpiper. 



Adults in spring. Length, 7.50-8.50. Wing, 5-5.40. Upper parts, dull 

 blackish-brown, with an olive tint ; head streaked and back spotted with white, 

 sides of rump and all the tail feathers but the middle pair, broadly barred with 

 black and white ; under parts, pure white, breast narrowly streaked and sides 

 barred with dusky. 



Adults and young in autumn. Similar, but duller and grayer above, with less 

 spotting. 



Rather common transient. Occurs on fresh-water streams, meadows 

 and ponds, but is rare on the seacoast. In spring it is with us from 

 April 25th to May 30th, and in autumn from September 15th to Oc- 

 tober 20th. Mr. H. W. Fowler has taken specimens as early as July, 

 on the Delaware, at Holmesburg, Pa. 



1 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1879, p. 225. 

 8 O. and O., 1892, p. 53. 



