. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . unsus-picious. Breeds far north in N. A.;migrates south from July 1 to when it is common along thecoast and not infrequent in the in-terior; winters in southern S. A.,rare in Fla. at this season (LakeJessup, Feb. 20, 1901, five speci-mens); migrates north in Apriland May, rare at this season on theAtlantic coast, abundant in theMississippi Valley. 3. GREENSHANKS. T. neb-ULARius. Differs from 1 in havingthe lower back and rump purewhite without markings. Eastern Hemisphere, breeding farnorth; accidental in Florida. ( near Cape Sable
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . unsus-picious. Breeds far north in N. A.;migrates south from July 1 to when it is common along thecoast and not infrequent in the in-terior; winters in southern S. A.,rare in Fla. at this season (LakeJessup, Feb. 20, 1901, five speci-mens); migrates north in Apriland May, rare at this season on theAtlantic coast, abundant in theMississippi Valley. 3. GREENSHANKS. T. neb-ULARius. Differs from 1 in havingthe lower back and rump purewhite without markings. Eastern Hemisphere, breeding farnorth; accidental in Florida. ( near Cape Sable, Audubon ).k. Fresh-water Tatlers. from j in having the bill more slender and neverFig. 95. upcurved, dark legs* shorter wings not fold-ing beyond tip of tail,and dark upper tailcoverts, fig. 95. 1. SOLITARYSANDPIPER, H. sol-iTARius. ; bill,; dark greenishslate above finelymarked with white;tail, broadly bandedGr, D, k, 1. 1-4 with white ( except- ing middle feathers which are spotted on sides with white); O, D, f, 2, 1-5. 80 SHORE BIRDS. white beneath, distinctly streaked on lower neck, breast,sides, and beneath wint^s, with dusky; bill, greenish black ;feet, dark greenish. Winter, more ashy above and less dis-tinctly marked with white above and dusky below. Young,lighter slate above marked with buffy white; throat andbreast very indistinctly marked with ashy-buff Common,usually occurring singly about pools or small ponds of freshwater, but sometimes two or three are found together; un-suspicious. Teters somewhat when sitting but not as muchas in p 1. Note, a rather loud whistling ^peef repeated fouror five times when the bird is on the wing. Flight, ratherrapid, not very direct; wings kept high and their beats arestrong. Breeds occasionally in northern U. 8. but more com-monly further north ; migrates south in Aug., Sep., and Oct.;winters in the extreme southern states, the West Indies andnorthern S. A.; comes north in April ( Bahamas, rare ) andMa
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