172 MIGRANTS AND WINTER RESIDENTS. 



Yellow-legs; Summer Yellow-legs: Totanus fla- 

 vipes. 



Like the Greater Yellow-legs, but smaller. Length 10 or 

 n inches. Rather common. 



Solitary Sandpiper: Totanus solitarius. 



Upper parts dark olive-brown, faintly speckled with white; 

 under parts white, dark brown markings on throat, breast 

 and sides. Winter plumage, upper parts grayish-brown; 

 dark markings fainter. Length 8^ inches. April to May 

 25; July 25 to November. Common. 



Bartramian Sandpiper; Upland Plover: Bartramia 



longicauda. 



Head, neck and upper parts, black and yellowish-brown; 

 breast faint yellowish marked with dusky; belly and throat 

 white; crown divided by a buff line. Length 11^2 inches. 

 April to May; July to September. Rare. 



Virginia Rail: Rallus virginianus. 



General effect of color chestnut-red. Upper parts dark 

 brown streaked with chestnut; throat white, under parts 

 chestnut. Length 9^ inches. 



Sora; Ortolan: Porzana Carolina. 



Upper parts mixed, olive-brown and black, feathers edged 

 with white; throat and breast pale bluish-gray; belly white; 

 flanks barred with black and white. Length 8^4 inches. 

 March to May; July to November. Common. 



American Coot; Mud Hen: Fulica americana. 



General color dark slate, paler below; head and neck 

 black; bill flesh color, red at the base; legs and feet green- 

 ish. Length 15 inches. March to May; September to Oc- 

 tober 15. Common. 



