BIRDS — SCOLOPACIDAE — RHYACOPHILUS SOLITAKIUS. 



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List of specimens. 



RHYACOPHILUS, Kaup. 



Bhyacqphilus, Kaup, Sk. Entw. Europ. Th. 1829. Type Tnnga glareola, L. (Gray.) 

 Ch. — Bill slender, but widening a little towards the end ; lateral grooves of both mandibles extending to the middle of bill; 

 nostril short ; feathers on side of bill extending to about the same point and as far as beginning of nostrili ; those of chin as far 

 as their end ; both mandibles curved upwards slightly from middle ; legs short ; bill about the length of tarsus, which is equal 

 to middle toe ; bare portion of tibia about two-thirds the toes. Tail about opposite the middle of toes when outstretched. 



EHYACOPHILTIS SOLITAKIUS, (Wils.) Bon. ' 



Solitary Sandpiper. 



Tringa ochropus, var. A. Latham, Ind. Orn. 1790. 



Tringa soUtaria, Wilsok, Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 53 ; pi. Iviii. 



Totanus $olitariw, Aun. Syn. 1839, 242.— Ib. Birds Am. V, 1842, 309 ; pi. 343. 



Tetanus cMorop7/gius,Yi^i-LWT, Nouv. Diet. 'WI, 1816,401.— Bos. Obs. 1825, Ko. 210.— Sw. F. B.Am. H, 1831, 393.— 



Wagler, Isis, 1831,521.— Ndttall, II, 159.— Aup. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 576 : V, 583; pi. 289.— 



GossE, Birds Jam. 1847, 351.' 

 RhyncopMus eMorqpygius, Bos. Comptes Eendus, Sept, 1856. 

 Totanus glareola, Ord, ed. Wils. VII, 1825, 57. 

 Totanus maaroptera, Spix, Av. Bras. II, 1825, 76 ; pi. xcii. 



Sp. Ch. — Bill rather longer than the head, straight, slender, compressed ; both mandibles with narrow grooves; wing long, 

 pointed ; tail medium or rather short, rounded ; legs rather long, slender ; lower half of the tibia naked ; toes long, the outer united 

 to the middle by a small membrane, flattened underneath, marginated. Upper parts greenish brown, with numerous small 

 circular and irregular spots of ashy white ; upper tail coverts darker. Under parts white ; breast and neck before with numerous 

 longitudinal lines of greenish brown ; sides, axillaries, and under wing coverts white, with numerous transverse narrow bands of 

 dark greenish brown ; under tail coverts white, with a few transverse bands of dark brown. Quills brownish black, with a slight 

 bronzed or reddish lustre on the primaries ; two middle feathers of the tail greenish brown ; other feathers of the tail pure 

 white, with about five transverse bands of brownish black. Bill and legs dark greenish brown. 



Total length, about 8 to 8i inches ; wing, 5 ; tail, 2i ; bill, IJ ; tarsus, li inches. 



Hob. — Entire temperate regions of North America ; Mexico. 



Like the preceding, this bird is extensively diffused, specimens in ihe collections of the 

 expeditions being from widely distant localities. 



