FAM. XXX/X. SNlPMS, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 245- 



is grayer, and the under parts are less spotted. (Greater Tell- 

 tale; Long-legged Tattler.) 



Length, 12-15; wing, 8 (7^-8 J); tail, 3]; tarsu.s, 2|; culmen, 2-2}. 

 America ; breeding from Iowa northward, and wintering from the Gulf 

 States to Patagonia. ^^ 



20. Yellow-legs ">fc2>t>-, 

 (265. Tdtanus fld- 

 vipes). — A bird 

 similar in habits and 

 appearance to the 

 last, but appreciably 

 smaller, though the 

 legs are proportion- 

 ately longer. Both of 

 these species occur 



wherever there is Greater Yellow-legs 



water, and during migrations are abundant, though more com- 

 mon on coasts than along rivers. This is usually more abundant 

 than No. 19, and more easily decoyed by the hunter ; it is espe- 

 cially plentiful in the late summer and autumn during its south- 

 ward migration. The notes of both this species and the last 

 are a clear, whistling, wJieu-wheu-wJieu. (Summer Yellow-legs ; 



Lesser Telltale.) 



Length, 10-12 ; wing, 

 6^ (6-7) ; tail, 2,^ ; tar- 

 sus, 2 ; culmen, 1}-1|. 

 America ; breeding north 

 of the United States, and 

 wintering from the Gulf 

 States to Patagonia. In 

 the United States more 

 common east than west. 



21. Solitary Sand- 

 piper (256. Tdtanus 

 Solitary Sandpiper soUArius). — K com- 



mon, small, dark, olive-brown-backed, white-bellied sandpiper, 

 with the neck and back spotted with white. The throat 



