SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 579 



Length to end of tail 8^ inches, to end of wings 9, to end of claws 10; 

 extent of wings 16^ ; wing from flexure 5| ; tail 2; bill along the back 

 l/j, along the edge of lower mandible 1^^| ; tarsus 1^^ ; middle toe \^, 

 its claw II . Weight If oz. 



Adult Female. Plate CCLXXXIX. Fig. 2. 



There is no decided difference between the sexes in the colouring, but 

 the female is somewhat larger. From the only instance in which I found 

 this species in the act of depositing its eggs, I conclude that it generally 

 forms its nest on the higher grounds or along the declivities of hills. 



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