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TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS (Gwme/.). 
Greater Yellow-legs. Winter Yellow-legs. 
Adult in summer: Bill nearly straight; upper plumage mottled with white and black ; throat 
white streaked with black; chin whitish; breast white heavily streaked with black; rest of 
under parts white irregularly marked with black; middle of belly nearly always pure white ; bill 
black and legs yellow. 
Adult in winter: Top of the head and neck streaked white and dark brown; back brown, 
the feathers narrowly edged with whitish; chin white; breast white, narrowly lined with dark 
brown; rest of under parts white; bill black and legs yellow. 
Length, 14.50; Wing, 7.80; Tarsus, 2.50; Bill, 2.30. 
Common in Eastern North America from the Arctic region southward to 
South America. It is abundant on the Atlantic coast during migrations ; 
common in Florida in winter. 
The eggs are pale buffy brown spotted with dark brown. 
TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gme/.) 
Summer Yellow-legs. 
Upper parts grayish brown mottled with whitish 
on the back; chin white; throat white streaked with 
pale grayish brown; breast mottled, belly white; tail 
feathers banded brown and white; bill black; legs 
yellow. 
Length, 10.80; Wing, 6.45; Tarsus, 2.10; Bill, 1.45. 
Ranges from the sub-Arctic regions 
southward to South America. Breeds in 
the interior from Minnesota and [Illinois 
northward. The eggs are pale buff dotted 
and blotched with dark brown and chocolate brown. This is a well-known 
