TOTANUS SOLITABIUS. 



(SOLITARY SANDPIPER.) 



Green Sandpiper, var. B, Lath. Gen. Synops. iii. pt. 1, p. 171 (1783). 



Tringa ochropus, var. /3, id. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 730 (1790). 



Tringa solitaria, Wilson, Am. Orn. vii. p. 53 (1813). 



Totanus chloropygius, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. vi. p. 401 (1816). 



Totanus punctatus, id. torn. cit. p. 411 (1816). 



Totanus caligatus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 74 (1823). 



Totanus macroptera, Spix, Av. Brasil. ii. p. 76, pi. xcii. (1825). 



Tringa glareola, Ord, ed. Wils. Am. Orn. vii. p. 57 (1825, nee Linn.). 



Totanus solitarius (Wils.), Audubon, Synop. p. 242 (1839). 



Totanus macropterus, Spix, Gould in Darwin's Voy. ' Beagle,' Birds, p. 129 (1841). 



Rhyncophilus chloropygius (Vieill.), Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 597 (1856). 



Rhyncophilus caligatus (Licht.), Bp. ut supra (1856). 



Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.), Cassin in Baird's B. of N. Am. p. 733 (1858). 



Totanus chloropus, var. solitarius, Ridgw. Ann. Lye. N. York, x. p. 384 (1874). 



Totanus guttatus, Illiger in Mus. Berol., fide Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 648 (1877). 



Helodromas solitarius (Wils.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xxiv. p. 444 (1896). 



Zarapico, Titera, Cuban ; Chorlito del Bio in Colombia. 



Figura? notabiles. 



Wils. Am. Orn. vii. pi. lviii. fig. 3; Audubon, B. Am. 8vo ed. v. pi. cccxliii. ; Spix, Av. 

 Brasil. pi. xcii. ; Beichenb. Grail, tab. lxxiv. fig. 584 ; Lilford, B. of Brit. Isl. part xxvi. 



Ad. pileo et collo postico viridi-fuscis, hoc profuse et illo indistincte albido striatis : corpore supra viridi- 

 fusco, albido guttato, sed uropygio et supracaudalibus indistincte guttatis : remigibus nigro-fuscis, 

 primariis leviter Eeneo-nitentibus : rectricibus medianis viridi-fuscis, reliquis albis nigro-fusco trans- 

 fasciatis : subtiis albus, gula f umoso-fusco striata et pectore conspicue eodem colore fasciato et notato : 

 hypochondriis axillaribus et subalaribus albis, viridi-fusco transfasciatis : rostro nigro-fusco, ad basin 

 mandibularum virescente : pedibus sordide viridibus : iride fusca. 



Adult in summer (Musquash, June 6th). Upper parts dark greenish brown, the crown slightly and the 

 hind neck more profusely striped with white ; rest of the upper parts dotted with white, the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts less marked ; quills brownish black, the primaries slightly glossed with bronze ; 

 median tail-feathers greenish brown, the rest white barred with brownish black; underparts white, the 

 throat striped with smoky brown, the breast boldly barred and marked with the same colour ; flanks, 

 axillaries, and under wing-coverts white, closely barred with greenish brown : bill at the base of the 

 mandibles dull greenish, otherwise brownish black ; legs dark greenish ; iris brown. Total length 

 about 8 inches, culmen T35, wing 5'25, tail 2 - 3, tarsus T28. 



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