74 BIRDS OF OHIO. 



This species reaches Oberlin about April 20th, and often 

 tarries well into May. It returns again about the middle of 

 September and remains a month. Rev. W. F. Henninger 

 has a record for March 14, 1899, which is certainly early 

 for the species, for southern Ohio. 



99. (255.) TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gmel.). 216. 

 Yellow-legs. 



Synonyms: Scolopax flavipes, Gambetta flavipes. 



Lesser Tell-tale, Common Yellow-legs, Lesser Yellow-shanks. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 161. 



Judging from my own experience, this is the commoner 

 form of this genus in northern Ohio at least. It is found 

 in the same situations as the larger species, and frequently 

 associates with it, while feeding, but seems to prefer to fly 

 only with its own kind. I have seen companies of fifteen to 

 twenty birds, in the ratio of two of the Greater to three 

 of the Lesser Yellow-legs, feeding together, in starting up 

 from the pool immediately separate, each species flying by 

 itself. 



Rev. W. F. Henninger has a record for southern Ohio 

 on March 18, 1901. This is undoubtedly .the earliest record 

 for the appearance of this species for the state. The average 

 date of arrival at Oberlin falls close to the first of May. 

 This may be too late, since there are records for the middle 

 of April. The southward movement begins early in Au- 

 gust and continues to the end of September. 



100. (256.) HELODROMAS SOLITARIUS (Wils.). 217. 

 Solitary Sandpiper. 



Synonyms: Totanus solitarius, T. chlorypigius. Rhyacophilus 



solitarius, Tringa solitaria. 

 American Green Sandpiper, Solitary Tattler, Wagtail, Tip-up. 



Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165. 



As its name implies, this bird is solitary in its habits, and 

 does not occur in flocks. It clearly prefers a small pond in 

 the borders of some open woods, or in the midst of a pas- 

 ture in which there remain scattering trees. It may also be 



