. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . \.(vk6s, leukos, white. Figs. 580, 581.)Greater Tell-tale. Greater , or Yellow-legs, or Yellow-legs. Big Yellow-legged Plover. Big Kill-cu or Cuc
. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . \.(vk6s, leukos, white. Figs. 580, 581.)Greater Tell-tale. Greater , or Yellow-legs, or Yellow-legs. Big Yellow-legged Plover. Big Kill-cu or Cucu. Long-legged Tattler, Snipe, or Plover. Stone-snipe. Stone-bird. Yelper. Bill. Fio. 580. —Greater Yellow-shanks, iiat. size. ^Ad. nat. del. E. C.) Straight or .sliglitly inclined upward, not with regular curve, but as if bent near the middle,and grooved for rather less than half its length ; black or greenish-black. Legs very longand slender, chroine-yeUow. Length usually , but ranging ; ; wing over , usually nearer ; tail or more; bill or more; tar-sus ; miildle toe and claw Length from end of bill to end of outstretched feetabout 17 or 18 inches. Adult ^ 9 • Abuve, blackish, more or less ashy according to season,everywhere sjteckled whitish, in a series of imlentations along edge of each feather: themarkings spotty on back and wings, streaky on brail and neck. A slight white superciliaryline. Upper tail-coverts mostly white. Under parts wliite, jugulum and fore-breasl streaked,sides and Hanks, lining of wings and axillars, barnil and arrnw-licadrd. witli the cnlor of back. 832 S YSTE
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