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YELLOW-SHANKED SANDPIPI 
(Totanus flavipes.) 
To. albidiis nigro maculatuSj alts fuscis, collo subi 
nigroque maculatis, ahdomine tectricibusque cc 
cibus albis Jasciis Juscis. 
Whitish Sandpiper spotted with biack, the wing 
beneath and breast spotted with black and wl 
tail-coverts white, the tail-feathers white, ba 
Totanus flavipes. Sabine. Frank, Journ. App. 
Scolopax flavipes. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 659. 
2. 723. 
Yellow-shank Snipe. Penn, Arct. Zool. 2. c 
Syn. 5. 152. fVils, Amer. Orn, v. vii. ^. 55 
Length eleven inches : its beak is b 
neck behind, back, and greater wing-c( 
white, spotted with black ; the less 
plain brown : its primaries are dusky : 
fore part of its neck are spotted black 
belly and tail-coverts are white : its tail 
brown and white : its legs are yellow, 
dress of this bird is thus described by S 
inches and a half in length ; the beak 
about an inch and a quarter long : tl 
dible is grooved and a little arched at 
the chin, neck, and breast are dingy 
