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U. S. p. E. E. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENEEAL EEPOET. 



List of specimens. 



Catal. 

 No. 



20] 

 1301 



301 

 10457 

 4860 

 5435 

 5760 

 5759 

 6625 

 6628 

 4178 

 6627 

 6631 

 6623 

 6626 

 6624 

 6629 

 6630 

 4401 



Sex. 



S 

 9 

 3 



Locality. 



Carlisle, Pa 



do 



do 



Cape May, N. J 



St. Joseph's, Mo 



Fort Berthold, Neb 



Platte river, Neb 



Laramie river. Neb 



Eagle Pass, Texas 



San Elizario, Texas 



Brazos Santiago, Texas . 



Mohave river, Cal 



San Diego, Cal 



Suisun valley, Cal 



Presidio„ Cal 



Shoalwater bay, W. T . . 

 Bitter Hoot river, W. T. 

 Fort Steilacoom, W. T.. 

 Puget's Sound 



When collected. 



Oct. 26,1840 

 Mar. 19,1844 

 April 20, 1841 

 May —,1842 



Whence obtained. 



S. F. Baird 



do 



do 



John K. Townsend. 

 Lieut. Warren 



.do. 



Lieut. Bryan 



do 



Major Emory 



do 



Captain Van Tliet . 



Lieut. Whipple 



Lieut. Trowbridge . 

 Lieut. Williamson . 

 do 



Gov. Stevens. 



do 



do 



Dr. Siickley . 



Collected by- 



Dr. Hayden 



W. S. Wood . 

 A. Schott... 



Kenn. &M611... 



Dr. Heermann . 

 do 



Dr. Cooper ., 

 Dr. Suckley . 

 do 



Length. 



13.75 

 14.00 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



25.00 



GAMBETTA FL AVIPES, ( G m . ) Bon. 



Yellow Legs. 



Scolopax flavijpes, Gmf.lin, Syst. Nat. 1, 1788, 659.— Wilson, Am. Ora. VII, 1813, 55 ; pi. Iviii. 



Tolanus flampea, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. VI, 1816, 400.— Sw. F. B. Am. II, 1831, 390.— Aud. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 



573 : V, 586 ; pi. 228.— Ib. Sya. 243.— Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 313 ; pi. 344. 

 GamheUa flavipes, Bon. Comptes Eendus, Sept. 1856. 

 Totanus ftacocapillus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VI, 1816, 400. 

 Totamis nataiar, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VI, 18J6, 409. 

 Sp. Ch. — Bill rather longer than the head, straight, slender, compressed ; wing long, pointed ; tail short ; legs long, lower 

 half of the tibia naked ; toes moderate, slender, margined, the outer and middle united at base | rump and upper tail coverts 

 white, the latter transversely barred with ashy brown ; other upper parts ashy, many feathers having large arrowheads and 

 irregular spots of brownish black and edged with ashy white ; under parts white, with numerous longitudinal lines on the neck 

 before, and arrowheads on the sides, of dark ashy brown ; axillarles and under wing coverts white, with bands of ashy brown, 

 very indistinct in many specimens, but generally well defined ; quills brownish black ; tail ashy white with transverse bands of 

 dark brown, middle feathers darker ; bill greenish black ; legs yellow. 



Young. Entire upper plumage tinged with reddish brown, neck before with lines much less distinct and pale ashy. 

 Total length about 10 to 104 inches f wing, 6 to 6i ; tail, 2J ; bill, IJ ; tarsus, 2 inches. 

 Eab. — Eastern North America ; western ^ 



One of the most atupdant of the species of this group on the Atlantic slope of the United 

 States. We have never seen this bird from South America, though numerous in the winter in 

 Mexico and the states of Central America. It is very similar to the preceding, though smaller. 



