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General Distribution. — The Greatf-r Yellowshaiik breeds in 

 North America from Alaska southwards to British Cohinibia 

 and eastwards to Labrador and Anticosti Island. In winter 

 it visits the Bermudas, southern United States, West Indies 

 and Central and South America, ranging to Patagonia and 

 the Straits of Magellan. 



Totanus flavipes. Yellowshank. 



Scolopax flavipes Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, 

 p. 659 : New York. 



Totanus flavipes (Omel) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 176 

 Sharpe, Cat. jBirds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 431; Saunders 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 613. 



ii^ompes =yellow-footed; iiomflavus and pes. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor, which 

 has occurred three times : — Nottinghamshire about 1854 ; 

 Cornwall, Sept. 1871 ; Fair Isle, Shetlands, Sept. 1910. 



General Distribution. — The Yellowshank breeds in North 

 America from western Alaska through Canada to Ungava 

 and southwards to Saskatchewan and Quebec. In winter 

 it visits South America, ranging southwards to Chile and 

 Patiigonia. It has been recorded from the Pribilof Islands, 

 Greenland, and the Bermudas. 



Totanus stagnatilis. Marsh-Sandpiper. 



Totanus stagnatilis Bechstein, Cm. Taschenb. ii. 1803, 

 p. 292 : Germnny. 



Totanus stagnatilis BecJist. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 

 1896, p. 422 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 620. 



Stagnatilis =oi a marsh. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor, which 

 has occurred four times : — Hertfordshire, Oct. 1887 ; Sussex, 

 twice in June 1909, and once in July 1910. 



General Distribution. — The Marsh-Sandpiper breeds in 

 sonth-eastern Europe and ranges through Turkestan and 



