ORDER LIMICOLyE. 



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Subgenus GLOTTIS Koch. 



Glottis Koch, Baier. Zool. 18 16, 304. Type, Totanus glottis Bechst. 

 = Scolopax nebularius Gunner. 



[253.] Totanus nebularius (Gunn.). 



Green-shank. 



Scolopax nebularius Gunner, in Leem, Lapp. Beskr. 1767, 251. 

 Totanus nebularius Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. 18S2, yj. 



[B 538, C 434, R 547, C 635.] 

 Hab. Eastern Hemisphere ; accidental in Florida. 



254. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). 



Greater Yellow-legs. 



Scolopax melanoleuca Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 659. 

 Totanus tnelanoleucus Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VI. 1816, 398. 



[B 539, C 432, R 548, C dzi^ 



Hab. America in general, breeding in the cold temperate and sub- 

 arctic portions of North America, and migrating south to Chili and 

 Buenos Ayres. 



255. Totanus flavipes (Gmel.). 



Yellow-legs. 



Scolopax flavipes Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 659. 

 Totamis flavipes Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VI. 1816, 410. 



[B 540, C 433, R 549, C 634] 



Hab. America in general, breeding in the cold temperate and sub- 

 arctic districts, and migrating south in winter to Southern South 

 America. Less common in the Western than in the Eastern Province 

 of North America. 



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— Subgenus RHYACOPHILUS Kaup. 



Rhyacophilus Kaup, Sk. Ent. Eur. Thlerw. 1S29, 140. Type, Tringa 

 glareola Linn. 



