Birds observed in Naval Hospital 
Grounds, Brooklyn, G.H.Coues 
55. Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Telltale. Seen occa- 
sionally. 
BulLN.O.O. 4, Jan. , 1879, p,33 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
O.H.Merriam. 
145- 
LEGS. 
Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin) Vieillot. 
—Occurs during the migrations. 
Greater Yellow- 
Buli. N.O.O, a. Oct, 1881, p.234 
v „ Auk XV. Jan.. 1898, p.5'/. 
I he Greater Yellow-Legs Catching Minnows. — While hunting along 
the shore of Lake Chautauqua one day during the first week of October 
just past, I discovered three Greater Yellow-legs ( Totanus melanoleucus) 
wading in about three inches of water. They were evidently feeding, so 
I stopped to watch them. They would run along with their bills just 
beneath the surface of the water. After watching them for some time, I 
killed them. When I cleaned the birds, 1 found minnows (about i4 
inches in length) in the stomachs of two of them. In looking this matter 
up in the different works on ornithology, I failed to find any mention of. 
this bird feeding on fish. I recite this incident as a fact of probable 
interest. — H. D. Kirkover, Fredonia, N. Y. 
'JPr^caca-j 
Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. — Appeared Oct. 12 
and 13 when five were seen. A flock of seven on Oct. 17 is the only other 
record. 
A n* 27. July -1910 p. 3V4~ 
