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Yellow-legs ; Summer Yellow-legs; Lesser Tell-tale—(Lo¬ 
omis flavipes). 
A bird similar in habits and appearance to the greater 1 ^these 
nreciablv smaller, though the legs are proportionately longer. Both of the 
species occur wherever there is water, and during migratmns are abundant, 
though more common on coasts than along rivers. ^ t t0 
Breeds in northern North America. Winters in. south Atlantic States to 
South America. Common transient on the coast. 
Solitary Sandpiper; Solitary Tattler— (Eelodromas soli- 
if! WHS ) 
4 common, small, dark, olive-brown-backed, white-bellied sandpiper, with 
the* neck and back spotted with white. The throat and belly are 
and the sides of head, neck and breast white or slightly huffy, streake 
black In winter the back is less distinctly speckled. _ 
Breeds in northern middle States, northward. Winters m southern States 
and tropical America. Common transient along fresh-water streams and 
swamps. 
Willet —(Symphemia semipalmata). 
■ A large shy brownish-gray-backed, white-bellied snipe, with a distinct, large 
rtto "Sh o» SWi whit, upper tail eevem. It i. t.»»d en both 
f,.pqh and salt-water marshes and shores. 
Breeds in temperate North America, northward to New England and Nova 
ScotiT Winters in West Indies and South America. Not very common and 
round mainly during migrations, though a few still occur all suimnei-a 
Anglesea. Formerly this species was an abundant breeder al a ong 
.Jersey coast. 
p.. T p ,„ ,.' w Sandpiper; Upland “Ptopffl-;” Field “Plove.-;" 
Grass “Plover ”—(Bartramia longicauda). 
A large shy comparatively long-tailed, plain-and-upland-living, beautifully 
mottled buff and dark brown, plover-like sandpiper. The throat, 
under parts are creamy-buff, the sides of head and neck bnghter andAto 
with dark brown, and the breast with some arrow-headed spots of the sa • 
W Breeds in Virginia to Nova Scotia and Alaska. Winters southward to B az 
ancl Peru Rather common summer resident in the interior, but somewhat local 
and Regularly distributed. It occurs also on the coast during migrations. 
Buee-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollvs). 
a gmall short-billed, buff-colored, freld-and-grassy-plain-living, plover-like 
i ** - "-'»*■ *»«““ 
wings. A peculiar black speckling on the inner webs of all the primaries 
diS Sf£r r^™l"SSuth America. Very rare transient on 
the New Jersey coast. 
