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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
dyke-brown, and purplish gray. Hab. Northern North America 
in summer; migrating southward (chiefly east of Rocky Moun- 
tains) to West Indies, Buenos Aires, Chili, etc.; accidental in 
Europe....cssseccceeeeeeeee 255. T. flavipes (Gmet.). Yellow-legs. 
d?. Tarsus much less than one and a half times as long as the middle toe, with 
(17.) 
claw. (Subgenus Helodromas Kaup.’) 
c. Upper tail-coverts dusky, barred with white; middle tail-feathers 
dusky, spotted along edges with white. Summer adult: Above 
olivaceous-slate, rather sparsely speckled with white; fore-neck 
distinctly streaked with dusky. Winter plumage: Above dark ashy, 
less distinctly speckled with white, the fore-neck less distinctly 
streaked. Young: Above grayish brown, thickly speckled with 
dull buff; sides of head and neck nearly uniform grayish. Length 
7.50-8. 60, wing 5.00-5.40, culmen 1.15-1.30, tarsus 1.25-1.90, middle 
toe 1.00. Figg (identification doubtful, ba probably correct) 1.32 
 .90, dull light buffy, thickly spotted and clouded with rich mad- 
der-brown and purplish gray. Hab. Temperate North America in 
summer, southern United States and tropical America in general in 
Winter.........eseeeee 256. T. solitarius (Wizs.). Solitary Sandpiper. 
ce. Upper tail-coverts pure white, nearly or quite immaculate; middle 
tail-feathers widely barred with white; otherwise, very similar in 
plumage, in all stages, to 7. solitarius. Downy young: “Covered 
with close fine down; head grayish buff; a black line passes through 
each eye from the base of the bill to the nape; another broad line 
passes through the centre of the crown, and joins with one on each 
side of the crown at the nape, forming a patch, which is continued 
in a broad line to the rump; upper parts grayish buff and rufous, 
variegated with black, the latter forming to some extent a broad 
line on each side of the body; chin, throat, and under-parts white.” 
(Dresser.) Length about 10.00, wing 5.40-5.70, culmen 1.30-1.40, 
tarsus 1.25-1.40, middle toe .95-1.00. West not built by this species, 
but the abandoned nest of some tree-building bird, as a thrush, jay, 
or pigeon, often at a considerable height from the ground. Eggs 
3-7, 144-124 « 14,-14, pale “ grayish sea-green, sparingly marked 
with . purples gray ... and dark brown.” (Drusser.) Hab. 
Northern portions of eastern hemisphere; accidental in eastern 
North America (Nova Scotia). 
257. T. ochropus (Liny.). Green Sandpiper. 
a, Bill much shorter than middle toe, with claw. (Subgenus Rhyacophilus Kaur.) 
Under wing-coverts white, the exterior ones spotted with dusky; wing 
4.75-4.90, culmen 1.10-1.17, tarsus 1.40-1.46, middle toe 1.00-1.05. Hab. 
astern hemisphere; casual in Aleutian Islands. 
—. T. glareola (Linn.). Wood Sandpiper.’ 
1 Helodromas Kavp, Naturl. Syst. 1829, 144. Type, Tringa ochropus Linn. 
2 Tringa glareola Lixn., 8, N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 149. Totanus glareola Temm., Man. d’Orn. 1815, 421. 
