412 The Water-fowl Family 



in identical phases of plumage from the Atlantic 

 Coast, so that there seems little doubt that frasari 

 must be accepted as a valid subspecies. 



The exact range of this bird is as yet undeter- 

 mined, but it will probably prove to breed west of 

 Hudson Bay, and pass chiefly west of the Missis- 

 sippi in migration. Intermediates occur in New 

 England in spring. That the greater yellowlegs 

 also occurs on the Pacific Coast is proven by one 

 that Mr. Brewster has seen from British Columbia. 



LESSER YELLOWLEGS 

 ( Totanus flavipes) 



Adult male and female in breeding plumage — Top of head and 

 neck, streaked with black on a grayish ground, and edged with 

 white; back and scapulars, dark ashy mixed with irregular 

 blotches of black and white; primaries, dark brown; upper 

 tail-coverts, pure white with transverse dusky bars ; tail, white, 

 central feathers, gray, and all with transverse bars of ash ; lower 

 parts, white; the jugulum and breast profusely streaked with 

 dusky; the sides marked with transverse marks of the same 

 color. 



Adult male and female in winter plumage — Upper parts, ashy gray, 

 slightly variegated on scapulars and wing-coverts with transverse 

 spots of dusky, the feathers margined with white ; streaks are 

 almost absent from the head, neck, and jugulum, which are uni- 

 form light gray, edged with white ; chin, throat, and under parts, 

 white. 



Young — Resembles the winter plumage, but the light markings on 

 the upper parts are more or less tinged with buff ; bill, black ; 

 iris, brown ; legs and feet, yellow. 



Downy young — Upper parts and thighs, seal-brown; many of the 

 feathers tipped with cream-buff; forehead, sides of head and 

 streaks on rump, buffy white j lines on forehead, and from bill 



