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middle toe and claw, and bare tibia, each, 1.25. N. Am., abundant, in the same places as 
the last. Breeds from the N. States "northward, and winters in the U. S. Eggs 3-4, pointedly 
pyriform, 1.58 to 1.78 X about 1.16 ; ground clay-color, buffy or creamy, not olivaceous, the 
markings showing boldly on the pale ground, but in great diversity, some eggs being heavily 
splashed with blotches confluent about the great end, others having small clean-edged spots all 
over the surface ; markings rich umber, chocolate, or blackish, with neutral-tint shell-spots. 
635. T. glot'tis. (Gr. ykcoTra, glotta, the tongue ; i. e. noisiness.) Green-SHANKS. Size and 
form almost exactly as in 1\ melanoleucus : rather smaller ; bill about 2.25; wing 7-50; tail 
3.25 ; tarsus 2.50; colors nearly the same, but bill and legs greenish ; rump and lower back, 
as well as the tail and its coverts, white with more or fewer dark marks, chieliy broken bars 
or other variegation on the tail-feathers alone. Florida." T. glottis Aud., B. Am., 8vo ed.^ 
V, 321, pi. 316. There is no reason to suppose that this bird is anything more than a strag- 
gler to this country ; Audubon's specimen is absolutely identical with European ones. 
245. RHYACO PHILUS. (Gr. pya^, gen. pvuKos, kruax, hruakos, a brook ; (f)iXo9, philoSj loving.) 
Green Tattlers. Bill moderately longer than head, perfectly straight, very slender, 
grooved a little beyond its middle. Legs not very long for this group ; tarsus little exceeding 
middle toe and claw; bill and legs both dark-colored. Only the most rudimentary web 
between inner and middle toe ; a moderate one between outer and middle. Upper parts dark- 
colored ; tail rounded, fully barred with white. Small. 
Analysis of Species. 
Length over 9.00; upper tail-coverts white ; legs grayisli-blue , ochropus 636 
Length under 9.00; upper tail-coverts like back ; legs greenish, drying blackish solitarius 637 
636. R. och'ropus. (Gr. oi^pos^ ochros, pale, sallow, wan; novs, pous, foot; not well chosen.) 
Green Sandpiper. Upper parts blackish-brown, with faint olivaceous metallic gloss, 
streaked on the head and neck, speckled on the back and wings, with white ; upper tail-coverts 
white. Tail white at base ; lateral pair of rectrices white, others marked with white and 
blackish in bars. Below, white, jugulum and sides marked with dusky. Bill blackish ; iris 
brovAm ; feet grayish-blue, greenish on the joints. Length about 10.00 ; wing 5.50; tail 2.50 ; 
bill 1.50 ; tarsus 1.30. Nova Scotia ; a straggler from Europe (one instance, Bull. Nuttall 
Club, iii, 1878, p. 49). 
637. R. solita'rius. (Lat. solitarius, solitary ; solus, alone. Fig. 416.) Solitary Tattler. Amer- 
ican Green Sandpiper. ^ 9? adult: 
Above, dark lustrous olive-brown, streaked 
on the head and neck, els(i where finely speck- 
led, with white ; no continuous white on rump 
or upper tail-coverts. Below, white; the jug- 
ulum and sides of neck shaded with brownish 
and streaked with dusky ; sides, axillars, and • 
lining of wings regularly barred with dusky. Fig. 446. — Solitary Sandpiper, nat. size. (Ad nat. 
Rump and upper tail-coverts like back; tail del. E.G.) 
beautifully and regularly barred throughout with black and white; white prevailing on the 
outer feathers, where the dark bars may be broken, and white reduced to a series of marginal 
spots on the middle feathers. Primaries and edge of wing blackish, unmarked ; secondaries 
like back, mostly unmarked, the inner ones gradually gaining wdiite spots. Bill blackish ; 
legs dull greenish (drying quite black, like many scrophulariaceous plants). Length 8.00- 
9.00, usually between these figures; extent 15.50-17.00; wing 4.75-5.40 ; tail 2.25; bill 
1.12-1.24; tarsus 1.20-1.30; middle toe and claw 1.12-1.20. Young: Above, lighter and 
less olivaceous brownish, without gloss, the speckling less, or else of a rusty tinge. Suff'usion 
of jugulum paler and more restricted. White around and over eye better defined. Bill and 
feet ashy-greenish. N. America, the representative of B. ochropus; N. to Alaska. Breeds 
