. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XXXIX. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 245. is grayer, and the under parts are less spotted. (Greater Tell- tale; Long-legged Tattler.) Length, 12-15; wing, 8 (7|-8£); tail, 3}; tarsus, 2f; culmen, 2-2£. America; breeding from Iowa northward, and wintering from the Gulf States to Patagonia. 20. Yellow-legs (255. Tdtanus fld- vipes). — A bird similar in habits and appearance to the last, but appreciably smaller, though the legs are proportion- ately longer. B
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XXXIX. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 245. is grayer, and the under parts are less spotted. (Greater Tell- tale; Long-legged Tattler.) Length, 12-15; wing, 8 (7|-8£); tail, 3}; tarsus, 2f; culmen, 2-2£. America; breeding from Iowa northward, and wintering from the Gulf States to Patagonia. 20. Yellow-legs (255. Tdtanus fld- vipes). — A bird similar in habits and appearance to the last, but appreciably smaller, though the legs are proportion- ately longer. Both of these species occur Wherever there is Greater Yellow-legs water, and during migrations are abundant, though more com- mon on coasts than along rivers. This is usually more abundant than No. 19, and more easily decoyed by the hunter; it is espe- cially plentiful in the late summer and autumn during its south- ward migration. The notes of both this species and the last are a clear, whistling, wheu-wheu-wheu. (Summer Yellow-legs; Lesser Telltale.) Length, 10-12 ; wing, 6| (6-7) ; tail, 2|; tar- sus, 2; culmen, 1|-1|. America ; breeding north of the United States, and wintering from the Gulf States to Patagonia. In the United States more common east than west. 21. Solitary Sand- piper (256. Tdtanus Solitary Sandpiper solitarius). — A com- mon, small, dark, olive-brown-backed, white-bellied sandpiper, with the neck and b,ack spotted with white. The throat. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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