Local Names of Migratory Game Birds. 61 
(N. J.); stone bird (Ill.); tip-up (Calif.); turkey-back (Mass.); twillick (Nfd.); winter 
yellowleg (often simply winter) (Me., N. H., Mass., R. I., N. Y., Va., N. C.); winter- 
-shanks (N. C.); yellow-shanked sandpiper (Nfid.); yelper (Long Id., N. Y.). 
Geographic index.—Cauif., tip-up; Conn., horse yellowleg; J/l., stone bird; Labr., 
auntsary; Me., winter yellowleg; Mass., large cucu, turkey-back, winter yellowleg; 
Nfd., auntsary, twillick, yellow-shanked sandpiper; NV. H., winter yellowlegs; N. J., 
big yellow-legged plover, large yellowleg; N. Y., winter yellowleg, yelper; N. C., 
winter yellowleg, winter-shanks; R. I., winter yellowleg; Va., winter yellowleg. 
BOOK NAMES. 
Chevalier aboyeur (barking sandpiper), English snipe, grand chevalier 4 pieds 
jaunes (large yellow-legged sandpiper), greater tattler, greater telltale, greater yellow- 
shanks, humility, long-legged plover, long-legged snipe, long-legged tattler, spotted 
snipe, stone-curlew, stone snipe, telltale godwit, telltale snipe, telltale tattler, varied 
tattler, willet. 
255. Lesser Yellowlegs ( Totanus flavipes). 
Range.—North and South America. Breeds from Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, northern Mackenzie 
(N. W. T.), central Keewatin (N. W. T.), and southern Ungava (Que.) to the valley of the Upper Yukon, 
southern Saskatchewan, and northern Quebec; winters in Argentina, Chile, and Patagonia, and casually 
in Mexico, Florida, and the Bahamas; in migration occurs mainly east of Rocky Mountains (rare in spring 
on the Atlantic coast) and in the Pribilof Islands, Greenland, and Bermuda; accidental in Great Britain. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
an general use.—Little yellowlegs; yellowlegs. 
In local use-—Common yellowshanks (Long Id., N. Y.); gilly-gilloo bird, goonoo 
bird (Mo.); little yellow-legged plover (Man.); small cucu (Mass.); small yellowlegs 
(N. J., Del.); small yellow-legged plover (N. J.); summer yellowlegs (often simply 
summer) (View oN: Es Mass. Re IN: Y., Va., N.C.). 
Geographic index.—Del., small yellowlegs, small yellow-legged plover; Me., summer 
yellowlegs; Man., little yellow-legged plover; Mass., small cucu, summer yellowlegs; 
Mo., gilly-gilloo bird, goonoo bird; NV. H., summer yellowlegs; NV. /., small yellowlegs; 
N. Y., common yellowshanks, summer yellowlegs; NV. C., summer yellowlegs; A. J., 
summer yellowlegs; Va., summer yellowlegs. 
BOOK NAMES. 
Common yellowlegs, lesser telltale, lesser yellowshanks, petit chevalier 4 pieds 
jaunes (little yellow-legged sandpiper), spotted-godwit, wandering tattler, yellow- 
legged godwit, yellow-legged tattler, yellowshanks snipe, yellowshanks tattler. 
256. Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria”’). 
Range.—There are two subspecies of the solitary sandpiper in our territory, with ranges as follows: 
Eastern Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria solitaria)—North and South America. Summers 
from central Keewatin (N. W. T.), northern Ungava (Que.), and Newfoundland south to Ne- 
braska, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; probably breeds regularly in the northern part ofits 
range, locally and casually in the southern part; casualin migration west to British Columbia and New 
Mexico; winters from the West Indies to Argentina; recorded from Greenland, Bermuda, and Great Britain. 
Western Solitary Sandpiper ( Tringa solitaria cinnamomea).—Western North and South America. 
Summers from Kotzebue Sound and Great Bear Lake south to Washington and Colorado, but probably 
breeds only casually in the United States; winter home unknown, probably in northern South America, 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—None. 
In local use.—Barnyard-plover (Me.); becassine grosse-téte (bigheaded snipe) (La.); 
black snipe (Mass.); bob-up (Va.); bullhead (La.); marsh snipe (N. 8.); peet-weet 
(Ind., Ill.); sand peep (Me.); sand snipe (Md.); swee-sweet (La.); teeter snipe (Ind.); 
teeter-tail (Long Id., N. Y.); tilter (Ind.); tilt-up (Pa.); weet-weet (Ohio); wood 
peep (Pa.); wood tattler (Long Id., N. Y.). é : 
Geographic index.—Ill., peet-weet; Ind., peet-weet, teeter snipe, tilter; La., becas- 
sine grosse-téte, bullhead, swee-sweet; Me., barnyard-plover, sand peep; Md., sand 
snipe; Mass., black snipe; N. Y., teeter-tail, wood tattler; NV. S., marsh snipe; Ohio, 
weet-weet; Pa., tilt-up, wood peep; Va., bob-up. 
BOOK NAMES. 
Alouette solitaire (solitary lark, i. e., sea-lark or shore-bird), American green sand- 
piper, big sandpiper, chevalier solitaire (solitary sandpiper), cinnamon solitary sand- 
piper, greenrump tattler, pond peet-weet, pond tilt-up, solitary snipe, solitary tattler, 
tattler, teeter, teeterer, tip-up, wagtail, wood sandpiper, wood snipe. 
28 Helodromas solitarius. 
