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Totamis chhropygiiis, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. VI, 1816, 401. — Bon. Obs. 1825, No. 210.— Sw. F. B.Am. II, 1831, 393. 



NoTTAi,L,II,l.'59.—ATO.Orn,Biog. Ill, 1835,576: V,583; pi. 239. 

 Totanus glarrola, Ord, ed. Wils. VII, 1825, 57. 

 Rhijacophilus solitaritis, Baird & Cassin, Gen. Rep. Birds, 733. 



Sp. Cu. — Bill rather longer than the head, straight, slender, compressed; both mandibles with narrow groves; wing long, 

 pointed ; tail medium or rather short, rounded ; legs rather long, slender ; lower half of the tibia naked ; toes long, the outer united 

 to the middle by a email membrane, flattened underneath, marginated. Upper parts greenish brown, with numerous small 

 circular and irregular spots of ashy white; upper tail coverts darker. Under parts white; breast and neck before with numerous 

 longitudinal lines of greenish brown ; sides, axillaries, and under wing coverts white, with numerous transverse narrow bauds of 

 dark greenish brown ; under tail coverts white, with a few transverse bands of dark brown. Quills brownish black, with a slight 

 bronzed or reddish lustre on the primaries ; two middle feathers of the tail greenish brown ; other feathers of the tail pure 

 white, with about five transverse bands of brownish black. Bill and legs dark greenish brown. 



Total length, about 8 to 9 inches ; extent 16. 62 to 17 ; wing, 5 ; tail, 2:5 ; bill, l.i ; tarsus, 1^ inches. 



Hitb. — Entire temperate regions of North America; Mexico. 



The solitary sandpiiaer Is not rare about Puget Round. While at Fort Steilacoom I obtained 

 several specimens. Two of these, shot in May, 1856, rather exceeded the measurement given 

 in the general report, being in length 9 inches each; extent 1G.62 and IT; wing 3.50. They 

 are a quiet solitary bird generally, and possesses no remarkable habits as far as I have noticed. — S. 



Apparentl}- less common on the west than the east side of the continent. — C 



HETEROSCELUS BREVIPES, (V i e i 1 1 .) Baird. 



'Wandering Tattler. 



Totanus brevipes, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VI, 1816, 410.— Casslv, Pr. N. A. Sc. Vllf, 1856, 40. 

 Totanus oceanicus, Lesson, Comp. Buff. 1847, 244. 

 Totanus fuUginosus, Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds. 1841, 130. 

 Heteroscelus brevipesJiuRD & Cassin, Gen. Rep. Birds, 734. 



Figures. — Gray, Genera, III, pi. 154 ? 



Sp. Ch. — Rather larger than T. flavipes. Bill rather longer than the head; wings long; legs shorter than usual in this group, 

 toes moderate. Entire upper parts dark lead colored, uniform, and without white marks; under parts white, with more or less 

 of dark cinereous or plumbeous on the sides and neck; under wing coverts white, spotted and barred with dark plumbeous. 

 Quills dark brown ; shaft of the first primary whice on its upper surface ; shafts of other primaries reddish brown on the upper 

 surface, and white on their under surfaces. Tail dark lead colored, uniform with upper parts of body. Bill dark ; feet greenish. 

 Younger. — Uuder parts white, transversely barred with dark ashy brown, especially on the sides and flanks. Throat and middle of 

 abdomen white. 



Total length, ma/e, 10| to lU; extent, 20J to21i inches. Female, ly to 11|; extent, 21| inches: wing, 6^; tail, 3i; bill,]* ; 

 tarsus, li inches. — Iris, brown; bill, dark olive; legs, dull yellow. 



Hab. — Washington Territory; islands in the Pacific; South America; northeastern Asia; Japan. 



This species seems to be rather rare on the western coast of America, though a few probably 

 breed north of the Straits of De Fuca. On the first of May, 1854, I shot a pair, the first I had 

 seen, at Shoalwater bay, and during the month saw two other pairs. Each'pair were mates, 

 and did not associate with any other shore birds. They frequented a rocky point, feeding 

 among the stones and seaweeds, and sometimes hiding behind them. When started, they make 

 a loud piping cry, and flew mucli like the other species. In September, 1855, I obtained a young- 

 bird near the same place, which was somewhat difterent from the adult in spring plumage. — C. 



