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Synopsis of the Birds 
Semipalmated Snipe , Scolopax semipalmata , Wils. Jim* 
Orn. vii. p. 27. pi* 56. fig. s* summer dress * 
Inhabits throughout North America ; an accidental visi- 
tant on the western European shores.* common during sum- 
mer in the middle states, where it breeds in great numbers.* 
SUBGENUS II. TOT ANUS. 
Bill straight, slender, hard, furrowed and flexible nearly 
to the middle. Inner toe cleft. 
More allied to Tringa, (especially Machetes,) by their 
more sensible bill. 
260. Totanus melanoleucus, Vieill. Ashy brown, spotted 
with black and white ; rump white ; tail white, barred with 
brown ; feet yellow ; bill entirely blackish, slightly recurved. 
Length fourteen and a half inches. 
Tell tale Gudwit, or Snipe, Scol pax vocifera, Wils. vii . 
p. 57. fig* 5. summer dress. 
Inhabits throughout North America in suitable places: 
common from April to November in the middle states, 
where it breeds. 
261. Tot anus flavipes, Vieill. Ashy-brown, spotted with 
black and white; rump white; tail white, barred with brown; 
feet yellow, bill entirely black, straight. Length ten inches. 
Yellow shanks Snipe, Scolopax jlavipes, Wils. vii * p. 55* 
pi* 58 *fig* 4 . summer dress. 
* Following- the mania of the day, we have formed a new subgenus for 
the reception of this bird, which deserves the distinction quite as well, and 
better than a great many others. We adopt Glottis,* Nilsson, for those 
with stout but recurved bills, and inner toe cleft. None are found in the 
United States, and but one in Europe. 
