. Hunting and fishing in Florida : including a key to the water birds known to occur in the State . eaked white and dark brown : back l)rown,the feathers narrowly edged with whitish ; chin white; breast white, narrowly lined witli darkbrown; rest of under parts white: bill black and legs yellow. Length, ; Wing, : Tarsus, ; Bill, Common in North America from the Arctic region southward toSouth America. It is abundant on the Atlantic coast during migrations ;common in Florida in winter. The eggs are pale huffy brown spotted with dark brown. TOTANUS FLAVIPE5 (Gme/.)Sum
. Hunting and fishing in Florida : including a key to the water birds known to occur in the State . eaked white and dark brown : back l)rown,the feathers narrowly edged with whitish ; chin white; breast white, narrowly lined witli darkbrown; rest of under parts white: bill black and legs yellow. Length, ; Wing, : Tarsus, ; Bill, Common in North America from the Arctic region southward toSouth America. It is abundant on the Atlantic coast during migrations ;common in Florida in winter. The eggs are pale huffy brown spotted with dark brown. TOTANUS FLAVIPE5 (Gme/.)Summer Yellow=legs. Upper parts grayish brown mottled with whitishon the back; chin white; throat white streaked withpale grayish brown; breast mottled, belly white; tailfeathers banded brown and white: bill black: legsyellow. Length, ; Wing, ; Tarsus, ; Bill, Ranges from the sub-Arctic regionssouthward to South America. Breeds inthe interior from Minnesota and Illinoisnorthward. The eggs are pale buff dottedand blotched with dark brown and chocolate brown. This is a well-known. 284 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. species on our coast during the migrations. It is common in Florida inwinter, especially during migrations. Subgenus RHYACOPHILUS Kaup. TOTANUS 50LITARIU5 ( inVs.).Solitary Sandpiper. Adult ill siimiiur: Top of head and l)ack I)ron/y green dotted with white: under partswhite ; the Ijreast thickly streaked and dotted with brown ; bill greenish brown (in life), duskyterminally. Adult ill iviiitcr: l^pper parts olive lirown, showing a faint greenish gloss when held in thelight, the feathers faintly dotted with dull white: throat white: breast streaked with brown 5rest of under parts white. Length, ; Wing, ; Tarsus. : r>ill,
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