K 254. Greater Yellow-legs (Totanus melanoleucus). 
L. 14; B. 2.2. No rusty; upper tail-coverts mostly 
white; tail barred with black and white or gray. Ads. 
Above black margined with whitish; below white and 
black. Yug. Above grayish margined with whitish; 
below white, breast lightly streaked. Winter. Simi- 
lar but white margins less conspicuous. Notes. <A 
Wiiistled wheu, wheu-wheu-whzu-wheu-wheu-wheu, wheu- 
wheu. 
Range.—North America; breeds from Minnesota, rarely northern 
Illinois, and Anticosti northward; winters from Gulf:State and Call- 
fornia to southern South America. 
% 255. Yellow-legs (Totanus flavipes). Le. 10.73 
B. 1.4. Similar in color to preceding but smaller in 
size. 
Range.—North America; breeds rarely in upper Mississippi Valley 
but chiefly north of latitude 55° ; winters from Gulf States to southern 
South America; rare on Pacific coast. 
258. Willet (Symphemia semipalmata). L. 15; 
W. 8; B. 2.1. Primaries black with a broad white 
band; upper tail-coverts mostly white. Ads. Above 
brownish gray, black, and a little buff; below white 
heavily marked with black and slightly washed with 
buff. Yxg. Above brownish gray margined with 
buffy; below white, breast lightly streaked with dusky. 
Winter. Similar, but above plain brownish gray. 
Notes. Song, pilly-will-willet, repeated. 
Range. Eastern North America; breeds from Florida to southern 
New Jersey, later strays casually to Maine; winters from Gulf States 
to South America. 
258a. Western Willet (S. s. zzornata). Similar to 
No. 258 but slightly larger. W. 8.5; B. 2.4. In sum- 
mer above paler, less heavily marked with black both 
above and below. Yung. and Winter. Indistinguish- 
able in color from No. 258. 
Range.—Western United States; breeds from Texas to Manitoba; 
winters from southern California and Gulf States southward, A rare 
migrant on Atlantic coast from South Carolina to Florida. ~ 
259. Wandering Tatler (Heteractitis incanus). L. 
11. Tail-coverts plain slaty gray. Ads. Above plain 
slaty gray; below white barred with slaty gray. _Yng. 
Above slaty gray more or less margined with whitish; 
breast and sides slaty gray; throat and belly white. 
Winter. Similar, but no white margins above. 
Range.—Pacific coast; breeds from British Columbia northward; 
winters south to Hawaiian Islands and Galapagos. 
282. Surf Bird (4phriza virgata). L. 10; B. 1. 
Upper tail-coverts and base of tail-feathers white. 
Ads. Above black, slaty, and rusty. Yug. Above 
slaty margined with whitish; breast barred slaty and 
whitish; belly white spotted with slaty. Water. The 
same, but no whitish margins. 
fi Range.—"‘Pacific coast of America, from Alaska to Chili.”’ (A, O, 
) 
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Shore Birds. 
