. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary . Fig. If,!). ;se oftoes of Willet. SCOLOPACID^, SNIPE, ETC. GEN. 214-216. 259 abundant, migratory ; like the last, a restless noisy denizen of the marshes,bays and estuaries. Wils., vi, 57, pi. 58; Nutt., ii, 148; Aud., v, 316,13l. 345; Cass, in Bd., 731 Fiu. 170. Greater Tell-tale. Lesser Tell-tale. YeUoio-sJianlcs. A miniature of the last; colors pre-cisely the same ; legs comparatively
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary . Fig. If,!). ;se oftoes of Willet. SCOLOPACID^, SNIPE, ETC. GEN. 214-216. 259 abundant, migratory ; like the last, a restless noisy denizen of the marshes,bays and estuaries. Wils., vi, 57, pi. 58; Nutt., ii, 148; Aud., v, 316,13l. 345; Cass, in Bd., 731 Fiu. 170. Greater Tell-tale. Lesser Tell-tale. YeUoio-sJianlcs. A miniature of the last; colors pre-cisely the same ; legs comparatively longer; bill grooved rather under 12 ; wing under 7 ; tail under 3 ; bill under 2 ; tarsus about 2 ;middle toe and claw, and bare tibia, each, IJ. Eastern (and Western?)N. Am., abundant, in the same places as the last. Wils., vii, 55, pi. 57 ;Nutt., ii, 152; Aud., v, 313, pi. 344; Cass, in Bd., 732. . flavipes. Green-shanlcs. Size aud form almost exactly as in the last species; billlonger, about 2J ; colors nearly the same, but bill and legs greenish; rumpand lower back, as well as the tail and its coverts, white, with more or fewerdark marks. Florida. T. glottis Aud., v, 321,, pi. 346; Nutt., ii, 68;Glottis Jloridanus Cass, in Bd., 730. There is no reason to suppose thatthis bird is any thing more than a straggler to this country; Audubonsspecimen is absolutely identical with European chloropus. *** Toes with inner web rudi
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