248 AVES: LIMICOL^. — XXXVIII. 



long. L. 124. W. 7^. T.3J^. B. 2f N. Am., frequent. (iU\as, 

 black ; Xeuxoj, white.) 



773. T. flavipes (Gmelin). Yellow Legs. Colors as in pre- 

 ceding ; nasal groove more than half bill ; smaller ; legs longer. 

 L. H. W. 6^. T. 2^. B. If. U. S., abundant. (Lat., flavus, 

 yellow ; pes, foot.) 



394b. HELODROMAS Kaup. 

 aa. Tarsus much less than 1^ times middle toe and claw; legs dusky. 



774. H. solitarius (Wilson). Solitary Tattler. Olive 

 brown, sparsely speckled with whitish above ; below white ; breast 

 dusky ; bill straight and slender. L. 9. W. 5. T. 2J. B. IJ. 

 N. Am., abundant about secluded ponds. 



393. S7MFHEMIA Rafinesque. (m/v, with ; 0ij/i(, I speak ; in 

 allusion to their noisy discussions.) 



775. S. semipalmata (Gmelin). Willet. Brownish gray, 

 varied with dusky, mostly whitish below. L. 15 or 16. W. 7J. 

 T. 3. B. 2^. N. Am., common coastwise. The larger western 

 bird (111. and W.) is var. inornata Brewster. W. 8. B. 2^. 



396. BARTRAMIA Lesson. (To William Bartram, "grand- 

 father of American ornithology.") 



776. B. longicauda (Bechstein). Upland Sandpiper. Light 

 brownish, marked with ochraceous and blackish ; throat whitish ; 

 tail feathers mostly marked with white. L. 12 J. W. 6^. T. 4. B. 

 1^. E. N. Am., abundant in fields, etc. AUied to this species is 

 the European Ruff (Pavoncella pugnax i.), occasionally taken in 

 E. U. S., the male with a very conspicuous ruff. 



397. TRYNGITES Cabanis. (From Tringa.) 



777. T. subruficoUia (Vieillot). Buff-Breasted Sand- 

 piper. Grayish, mottled with darker ; buffy below ; under pri- 

 mary coverts and quills with white, and finely mottled with black. 

 L. 8. W. 5J. T. 2|. B. |. 2Sr. Am., chiefly in interior ; not com- 

 mon. (Lat., sub, under ; rufus, reddish ; collum, neck.) 



398. ACTITIS Boie. (Lat., acta, shore.) 



778. A. macularia (L.). Tip-up. Teeter-Tail. Spotted 

 Sandpiper. Lustrous drab above in summer, varied with black ; 

 pure white below, with round blackish spots in adult. L. 8. W. 4. 

 T. 2. B. 1. N. Am., everywhere, common. (Lat. spotty.) 



399. NUMENIUS Linnaeus, (w'os, new ; fifiinj, moon.) 

 a. Secondaries, quills, etc., rusty cinnamon; lower parts pale cinnamon. 



779. N. longiroBtrls Wilson. Long-Billkd Curlew. Sickle 

 Bill. Cinnamon, varied with gray and blackish. L. 24. W. 12. 

 T. 4. B. 5 to 9. N. Am., frequent. 



aa. Secondaries and quills chiefly dusky brownish; lower parts dull bufEy. 



