Birds of Indiana. 



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53. Gkncs TOTANUS Bechstein. 



a'. Middle toe not more than half as long as tarsus; legs yellow. 

 Subgenus Glottis Koch. 

 iK Wing over 7.00. T. melanoleucus (Gmel.). 



62. Wing under 7.00. T. flavipes (Gmel.). 



a^ Middle toe nearly or quite as long as tarsus; legs not yellow. 



Subgenus Helodromas Kaup. T. solitarius (Wils.). 



102 

 103 



104 



Subgenus Glottis Koch. 



102. (254). Tetanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). 



Greater Yellow-legs. 



Head and foot of Greater Yellow-legs. Natural size. 



Bill, straight or slightly bent upwards, very slender, grooved half 

 its length .or less, black; legs, long and slender, yellow; in summer, 

 ashy-brown; above, varied with black and speckled with whitish; be- 

 low, white; jugulum, streaked; breast, sides and crissum, speckled or 

 barred with blackish, these latter marks fewer or wanting in winter 

 and in ypung; upper tail coverts, white, with dark bars; tail feathers, 

 marbled or barred with ashy or white; quills, blackish; large. 



Length, about 14.00; wing, 7.50-7.75; bill, 2.20-3.30; tarsus, 2.50- 

 2.75. 



Bange. — America in general, breeding from Iowa and possibly 

 northern Illinois northward, south to Patagonia. Winters from Gulf 

 coast southward. 



Nest, a depression in ground, lined with grass. Eggs, 3-4; brown- 

 ish-buffy, irregularly spotted with rich Vandyke or marbled brown; 

 1.43 by 1.20. 



Migrant, tolerably common in suitable places, northward, but rare 

 in the southern half of the State. They arrive about March 30 to 



