284 ‘ KEY TO THE WATER. BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
species on our coast during the migrations. It is common in Florida in 
winter, especially during migrations. 
SusceEnus RHYACOPHILUS Kaup. 
TOTANUS SOLITARIUS (H/is.). 
Solitary Sandpiper. 
Adult in summer: Top of head and back bronzy green dotted with white; under parts 
white ; the breast thickly streaked and dotted with brown; bill greenish brown (in life), dusky 
terminally. 
Adult in winter: Upper parts olive brown, showing a faint greenish gloss when held in the 
light, the feathers faintly dotted with dull white; throat white; breast streaked with brown; 
rest of under parts white. 
Length, 8.50; Wing, 5.30; Tarsus, 1.20; Bill, 1.30. 
‘Totanus solitarius. 
This species ranges from the sub-Arctic regions southward to South 
America. It usually occurs on our Atlantic coast during the migrations, and 
is not uncommon in Florida. It breeds from Pennsylvania and [Illinois 
northward. The eggs, which are described from a single specimen taken 
by Jenness Richardson, in Vermont, and described by Dr. Brewer, are light 
drab with small rounded brown markings, having a few faint purplish marks 
on the larger end. 
