Bulletin - United States National Museum . Fig. 83.—Head and foot of Greater Tattler. 182. (175.) Totanus flavipes (Utii.) Juill. Lesser Tattler; the preceding, under identical circumstances. [634J 183. (170.) Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.) Bp. Solitary Sandpiper. A spring and autumn migrant; abundant, especially during thevernal passage. In spring, from May 1 to the 15th; in the tall, fromAugust 25 to the 15th of October. It is usually seen in small Hocks atboth seasons, and is easily taken, being gentle and unsuspicious. Wealways found them, during the periods indicated,
Bulletin - United States National Museum . Fig. 83.—Head and foot of Greater Tattler. 182. (175.) Totanus flavipes (Utii.) Juill. Lesser Tattler; the preceding, under identical circumstances. [634J 183. (170.) Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.) Bp. Solitary Sandpiper. A spring and autumn migrant; abundant, especially during thevernal passage. In spring, from May 1 to the 15th; in the tall, fromAugust 25 to the 15th of October. It is usually seen in small Hocks atboth seasons, and is easily taken, being gentle and unsuspicious. Wealways found them, during the periods indicated, in pools and ditchesof the commons north of the city, and sometimes in rain-puddles in the. Fig. 84.—Bill of Solitary Sandpiper, uat. size. woods. Occasionally, late in the summer, we took birds so young as tolead us to suppose they had been hatched in the vicinity. Of this,however, we have no assurance, the breeding of the Solitary Sandpiperbeing one of those things which are yet to be discovered.* [037J 184. (177.) Tringoides macularius (Linn.) Gray. Spotted Sandpiper; Peet-weet; Tip-up; Teeter-tail; Sand-snipe. A summer resident, Arery abundant, especially during the vernal mi-gration, and the only member of the family known to breed in the Dis-trict. It arrives the 20th of April and remains through the greaterpart of September. You will always see it winging along the banks of * While at Blacksburg, Va., in tlie western mountainous part of tlic State, late inMay, 1883, Dr. Coues observed a pair of Solitary Sandpipers which seemed to havemated and settled for the summer; but he was obliged fco leave without assuringhimself that they bred there. The locality is one in wh
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