SCOLOPACrDiE, SNIPE, ETC. — GEN. 214-216. 



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abundant, migratory ; like tlio last, a restless noisy denizen of the marshes, 

 bays and estuaries. Wils., vi, 57, pi. 58 ; Nutt., ii, 148; Aud., v, 316, 

 pi. 345; Cass, in Bd., 731 melanoleucus. 



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Fig. 170. Greater Tell-tale. 



"^ •' Leaser Tell-tale. TeUoio-shanks. A miniature of the last ; colors pre- 

 cisely the same ; legs comparatively longer ; bill grooved rather further. 

 Length under 12 ; wing under 7 ; tail under 3 ; bill under 2 ; tarsus about 2 ; 

 middle toe and claw, and bare tibia, each, IJ. Eastern (and Western?) 

 N. Am., abundant, in the same places as the last. Wils., vii, 55, pi. 57; 

 Nutt., ii, 152; Aud.,v, 313, pi. 344; Cass. IuBd., 732. . . flavipes. 

 Greens JianJcs. Size and form almost exactl3'' as in the last species ; bill 



^ f-l longer, about 2J-; coloi'S nearly the same, but bill and legs greenish; rump 

 and lower back, as well as the tail and its coverts, white, with more or fewer 

 dark marks. Florida. T. gloUis Aud., v, 321, pi. 346; Nutt., ii, 68; 

 Glottis Jioridanus Cass, in Bd., 730. There is no reason to suppose that 

 this bird is any thing more than a straggler to this country ; Audubon's 

 specimen is absolutelj^ identical with European ones .... chloropus. 



*** Toes with inner web rudimentary ; legs blackish. {Rhyacophilus.) 



Solitary Tattler. Bill perfectly straight, very slender, grooved little beyond 

 its middle; 8-9; wing 5;'tail 2 J ; bill, tarsus, and middle toe, each about 

 1-lJ ; tibifB bare %. Dark lustrous olive-brown, streaked on the head and 

 neck, elsewhere finely speckled, with whitish; below, white, jugulum and 

 sides of neck with brownish suffusion, and dusky streaks ; rfimp and upper 

 tail coverts like the back; tail, 

 axillars and' linins; of winjis beauti- 

 fully barred with black and white ; 

 quills entirely blackish ; bill and feet 

 blackish ; young duller above, less 

 speckled, jugulum merely suffused 



■ . 1 • 1, 1 AT A • I'lG- 171- Solitary Tattler. 



With grayish-broAvn. JN. America, 



abundant, migratory ; a shy, quiet inhabitant of wet woods, moist meadows 

 and secluded pools, rather than of the marshes ; breeds in mountainous 

 portions of the U. S., and northward. Wils., vi, 53, pi. 58; Nutt., ii, 

 159; Aud., v, 309, pi. 343; Cass, in Bd., 733 solitarius. 



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