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;o’reenish-gTey, long ; upper part of head, lores, cheeks, hind part and 
sides of neek greyish-brown, streaked with brownish- white ; a dull 
white line from the bill to the eye ; upper part of throat greyish-white ; 
fore neck of the same colour, streaked with greyish-brown ; the rest of 
the lower parts white ; the axillars and wing-coverts broadly barred 
with dusky; back and scapulars deep greenish-brown, the feathers 
edged with a few small spots of white and dusky, those of the inner 
secondaries more numerous ; larger wing-coverts similar ; smaller 
coverts, primary coverts, and primaries, deep brownish-black, secon- 
daries greyish-brown ; tail feathers and coverts broadly banded with 
white and brownish-black, except the two middle, which are merely 
spotted with white on the edges. 
Male, 8|, 16J. 
Distributed from Texas over the United States, breeding in deep 
woody situations, in the Fur Countries on the bare sand. Columbia 
River. Partially migratory. 
Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, WiLs. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 53. 
Totanus chloropygius, Bonap. Syn. p. 325. 
Tetanus chloropygius, Green-rump Tatler, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. 
p. 393. 
Green-rump Tatler, Totanus chloropygius, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 576 ; v. v. p. 583. 
345. 3. Totanus flavipes. Lath. Yellow-shanks Tatler. — 
Yellow-shanks Snipe. 
Plate CCLXXXVIII. Male. 
Bill a fourth longer than the head, black ; feet long, bright yellow ; 
upper part of the head, lores, cheeks, hind part and sides of the neck 
deep brownish-grey, streaked with greyish- white ; a white line from 
the bill to the eye ; fore neck greyish-white, streaked with greyish- 
brown, as are the sides ; the rest of the lower parts white ; the lower' 
tail-coverts slightly marked with grey, the axillars and loral wing- 
coverts banded or spotted with the same ; baek and scapulars oliva- 
ceous brown, tinged with grey, the feathers edged with small dusky 
and white spots ; wing-coverts and inner secondary quills similar, the 
marginal spots on the latter forming bands ; primary quills blackish- 
brown, the shaft of the outer brownish- white, of the rest dark brown, 
the edges of the inner, and of the middle secondaries white ; hind 
part of back brownish-grey ; rump white, upper tail-coverts and tail 
barred with greyish-brown and white. 
Male, 10^, 20. 
From Texas to Maine, in autumn and spring. Very abundant at 
the same seasons throughout the interior. Breeds in the Fur Coun- 
tries, up to the highest northern latitudes. 
Yellowshanks Snipe, Scolopax flavipes, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 55. 
Totanus flavipes, Bonap. Syn. p. 324. 
