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of the United States . 
Inhabits throughout North America : very common during 
summer and autumn in the middle states. Hardly differing 
from the preceding but by its smaller size : exceedingly like 
several European Totani, from each and all of which, how- 
ever, the above phrase distinguishes it. 
262. Totanus bartramius, Temm. Rump black ; tail very 
long, tapering, reaching much beyond the wings 1 Bill very 
short. 
Bartram’s Sandpiper, Tringa bartramia, Wils. Am. Orn . 
vii. p. 63. pi. 59. fig. 2. 
Inhabits North and South America : an accidental visitant 
in northern and western Europe : common during summer, 
on the plains near the sea coast of New-Jersey and Long 
Island, and in great numbers on the extensive prairies beyond 
the Mississippi. 
263. Totanus chloropygius, Vieill. Brown-olive, spotted with 
white ; rump, and middle tail feathers uniform with the rest ; 
tail white, barred with broad, regular, blackish bands; quills 
and their shafts entirely black. 
Solitary Sandpiper , Tringa solitaria , Wils . Am. Orn. mi. 
p. 53. pi. 58 .fig. 3. 
Inhabits the United States, during summer in the mountains 
where it breeds ; during winter in the plains and shores : 
not rare, but by no means numerous in autumn in the mid- 
dle states. Solitary. Allied to T. Glareola of Europe, but 
totally distinct. 
264. Totanus macularius, Temm. Olive-brown, waved with 
blackish ; rump and tail olive-brown ; three outer tail feathers 
white, barred with black ; quills black, with a white spot on 
the inner web. 
Adult, beneath white, with roundish black spots ; bill 
orange beneath. 
Young, beneath pure white ; wing coverts undulated with 
rufous lines ; bill wholly blackish, 
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