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rR.tlCOCIAL OllALLATOllKS — I.IMU'OL.K. 



Gem H RHYACOPHILUS, Kaup. 



Rhyicnphilm, Kait, Sk. Kiitw. Kiirop. Tli. 1829, 140 (typo, Tfiiiga glarrnin, LiNN.). 



Char, Mimilar to Totamm, Imt .siuuUur, and with miildlo Uw muirly nn loiij,' iw tui«u». 



TluTo is Imf niio Anioricnn »iH'ries of this fjcnits, iiml the Old World niciiilx'is nrc liy no mcanf* 

 numtTuiis — only two, the li. ochrdiiun (Linn.) and li, ijlunolu (LiNX.) licing R'Ci)j,'ni/.ud \>y nnlliori- 



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: 



R. aolUarius. 



ties. Tiie latter is the typp of the ^'enus, but it resembles the American R, solitariun much less 

 than does the former. The tliree may lie distinyuisiieil as luUows : — 



A» Lininj^ of the wing dusky, barred with wliite. 



1. R. BolitariuB. Upper tail-coverts dusky, ban-ed with white ; middle tail-feathers dusky, 



spotted with white aionj,' the edt,'e. Win;,', 5.;3(» ; culmen, 1.1") ; tarsus, 1.30; middle toe, 

 1.00. Hah. North America, mi^'ratinj; southward in winter. 



2. R, oobropua. Upper tail-coverts pure white, nearly or quite immaculate ; middle tail- 



leathers widely barred with white. Wing, 5.40-5.70 ; culmen, 1,30-1.40 ; tarsus, l.:25- 

 1.40; middle toe, .95-1.00. Hith. Europe ; accidental in Eastern North America (Nova 

 Scotia). 

 LiniufT of the wing white, spotted e.\teriorly with dusky. 



3. R. glareola. U])per tail-coverts white, more or less marked with dusky ; middle tail- 



feathers banded with white. Wing, 4.75-4.90; culmen, 1.10-1.15; tarsus, 1.40-1.45; 

 middle toe, 1.00-1,05, Hah. Puliearctic Region. 



Rhyacophilus solitarius. 



THE SOLITABY SANDPIFEB. 



Tringa ochrnpus, var. j3. Lath. Ind. Oin. II. 1790, 730. 



Tringa solUnrin, WiLs. Am. Oni. VII. 1813, 53, pi. 58, fig. 3. 



Tolanun soUtnrius, Avn. Synop. 1839, 24'J ; K Am. V. 1842, 309, pi. 343, — Coue-s Key, 1872, 2,59 ; 



Check List, 1873, no. 435 ; Birds X. W. 1874, 498. 

 Rhyacophilus snlitarius, Cass, in Bninl's B, N. Am, 1858, 733. — BAian, Cat. N, Am. B. 1859, no. 



541.— KiDow. Norn. N. Am. R. 1881, no. 5,50, — Couks, Check Li.st, 2d od. 1882, no. 637. 

 Tolamis chhropyghts, Vieill. Xouv. Diet. VI , 1816, 401. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 393. — 



NuTT. Man. II. 1834, 1.59. — Auu. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 576 ; V. 1839, 583, pi. 289. 

 Tolamis macroptera, Spix, Av. Bras, II. 1825, 76, 92. 

 (?) " Totanm caligalus, Light." 

 " Totanus guttatus, Illio." 



