498 TOTANUS 80LITAKIUS, SOLITARY TA'l'l'LKK. 



The Yellowshank, so far an known, iicHts only in liiK'i liititiidcs. Tlio 

 eggs arc, <lc]i(),sit(;d on the ground, in a. little dejuession, lim-d with a 

 few dried leaves or grasses. They are three or four irj nuifii)er, irarrowly 

 and pointedly pyriforrn, irieaHuring Iroin 1.58 by 1.18, f,o 1.78 by 1.15; 

 the longest eggs not being always also the broadest. The ground is a 

 clean clay-eolor, sometimes tending more to buffy or cicainy, sometimes 

 rather to light brown. The marking is bold and heavy, but iiresents 

 the customary great diversity, some eggs being very heavily splashed 

 with blotches continent about the laiger end, wliili; others have smaller 

 clean-edged spots all over the, surface. The markings are rich umber- 

 brown, often tending to chocolate, sometimes almost blackish, 'i'ln^ 

 X)aler shell-markings arc usually numerous and noticicable. An occa- 

 sional " alVjino" egg is seen, whitish, with scarcely any markings. All 

 the many eggs examined are from Ai'ctic America. 



TOTAIN'US SOLITAEIIJB, (Wils.) And./" 

 Solitary Tattler ; Wood Tattler. 



'Ht- 



/r/ 



Triii(/a ochinpiin var. /?, La'hi., bid, Om. ii, 1790, TM). 



Trivffa Hollluria, Wji.s., Am. Oni. vii, l!^i:{, ti'.i, )il. 08, f. :'. 



ToianuH noVilariiiH, Ai;i>., S.vii. IHIili, ^42; B. Am, v, 1842, '.'M, pi. ;i4:i.— (ifn., 15. Ij. J. 

 ]r'A4,'2:,t;.—\'iyis.,'i'r. J>,,h. Inst, i, ]>;.'.(;, 21(i,—Tuii'i'i-:, Pr. Ens. IriMl. vi, 1871, 

 119.— Ifov, HiiiitliH. ]!(]i. 1^04, 4:;>^.— Kciii.., .VI. J'.-)i. Kailop. ]r'i;2, p. 7:;.— (;r:,\y. 

 Ibis, 1«0, 292; JJ. Wcht HcothiiMl, 29.5.— tlAiri., IJr. iSiiilH, IH7i!, 1:57.- CoUK.s, 

 Key, l''//2, 2."j9. 



nil ijaciqili 11.11^ iioliloriiiH, (Jas.s,, I'aird's Ii. N, A. I^'.'H, T.','.'.. — Vinv.yv., Oliio \ma. \ii\t. 

 \m), No. 217.— Coi.Ks &,PHK.\T., .SiritliH. \W.i>. ]K;i, 41*;.— IIaYIj., Kcp. lw;2, 

 174,— B(MI!I^M., J'r, liost. 8or. ix, ]H(;2, 129.— Vk):ic., Pr. Kwi. Inst,, iii, W,2, 

 1,';;.— Ai,i.ic,s, (/;irf. iv, If^M, 77.— Coi.ES, ^//(V/. v, 1W;H, 29.',,— (J(>r:F,H, I'l. I'.imt. 

 Soc. xii, IHtW, 122.- C'crK.s, Pr. Philii. AcikI. I^OC, 9r! (Arizenu;; )r!7!,:;2 CNortli 

 (;;)fr,|in;j;.— Tci.'.M)., IS. K. Pfi. ]y;9, ;',2 (.\i,-iy In 8i|il,>— ni:^.'-,'i,, H/Ih, Ir-C^J, ;:h, 

 fMatiirnoniM, summer), — L.\WJi,, Ann. Lye. IHOI, :;:',4 fPiinfiiiiB) ; viii, IrifKi, 294 ; 

 ix,1>!<;^, l41(C'ostiil;i<;i;.-tJ,\;.i,&l!A.NN,,'I'r, (;^lic.Aci«l.i,l^t;9,2;«fA^mka).— 

 AI,I-K.^•, Hull. ,M, C. Z, iii, l'-,72, 182 (KixnsiiM, Oiloiiulo, and WyomiliK),— 'I'laW'K,, 

 Pr. IVmt, Soo. XV, l-^/Ti, 211 (^<,\:;i).— 'S\,\ys., CuuU-,, l^'.-yO, 141; !'/■, D'jhI,, Hoe, 

 1^71 CNew Ilarnpsliirc, lirri-dinK;,— H.vow, JJ, Kans. )>i7:i, iO (Kaiihas, nircj. — 

 Stkv,, I;. S. Get,]. Siirv. Tcr. I'i/O, 4WJ CWyorrjing). 



Tdlimvh ihloro/iiiri var. noHlarlim, l!n,f;w., Aiiu. I.ye, >,'. Y. x, 1H74, :W4 



Toianus (:hlor(jpii<f(Wi,yn.UA.., ,\oijv. Diet, d'HJ-,t, j\;i1. vj, IHIC. 401,— lie,, (MiS. Wiln, 

 l>;2.o, No, 2i0; Syu, 1^28, :!2.', ; List, )H:;H, 51.— Sw. &,l;icn,, P, Ii, A. Ii, IKil, 

 :"i;i. — Vv'jif;;,., I.niH, l^^:!!, ,';21,— Null,, .Miir;. ii, 1'^:;-!, 1,7). — Ai;i,,, Oru. Uiog, iii, 

 18:;',, .'7G ; V, ,',%:; ; j,l, 2%9. 



J;In/nrnpliilu.K nliloropi/i/hjli, lie,, Comjites Rendns, 18",fi. 



'Jniiiiiiiy. filareota, ()iil>, ed. Wils, vii, 182.',, ,',7, 



'J'lilaniiH maoroiriJira, Sl'JX, Av. IJniH, li, 182,',, 70, 92, 



" (!) I'otanuD 'mH/juIhh, Lkavt." (Gmij.) 



" Tofani/n f/iiffahjffj l/,r,rr;KIi." {(iriiij.j 

 Jddilhiial i/mlotiorix.—CM:., J. f, O, iv, :!,'2 CC'nba),— F','/.,, P. Z, S. 18fil, 80 



(.Jainaiea;.— N>;WT., Ibis, i, U:,'.i, 2,'7 CS-anta Ciiiz;.— Kr-M,., Ofv. Vet, Ak, ]8r,9, r,87 



(Saint Bartholomew;,— S;c;„, P. Z. 8. ]8.v*;, :;10 f Cordova); )8f;o, 2.',4 fOrizaliii) ; l''>i4, 



17ft Ccity of Mexico;; IcCT, ,',92 r.\Ie>.iana;,— 8',;,., P. Z. 8, ]8,'8, 4«1 M;fiiador;.-Hf;i„, 



Ibi.s, i, i8.',9, 229 rOiiaf..jii;,laj.— 8',;,. & 8,\;,v. P, Z, 8. ]8f«i, 199 (Ka-.tern J'em); Irfi?, 



'J79; ]8«8, 109 fVenezuela); 1809, .^J", (Pern;; 1872, :;09 (p.-ni),— Pki.z,, Oin, Br.'is, .W, 



/A/^A — Wc.st(:rri HemJHj.ljcie, Aef;id< utal in Knrope. Nortli to Alaska. Breeds in 

 Xortbeni Lnifed 8tates and nortliv, aiil, if not al.^o tlironf^liont most of its L'nitcd 

 States range. Abnndant. Mij^ratory, Winters ebiefly or altogether hcyond our 

 limits, in Mexico, Central and 8outb America, and Went Indies, 



Lii:ul.i:naiit fy'arren'ii K.ijiiiJdion.—i'-.Cf,, Omaha; 5'!;;7, Port P'nion ; 8992-4, Ppji' 

 Missouri. 



Xa'^)- Expi-jliiioiin. — 00:;70-3, 0077:', ('iniip liaynolds and Fort P''etternjan, \\yoming. 



Not oljtained bj- Captain KaynolUs' JCxpeditiou. 



In mo.st of the United States this is a bird of passage, chiefly observed 

 in the spring and fall, but I am satisfied that it breeds, in suitable 



