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lying spots of pale grayish brown. They measure on an average 

 I '55 inch in length by I'l inch in breadth. When the young 

 are hatched the parents become very anxious, and flit about the 

 trees and bushes in a remarkable and excited manner. 



Diagnostic Characters. — Totanus, with the upper tail 

 coverts white, and the axillaries brown, narrowly barred with 

 white. Length, 9^^ inches. 



