. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. SCOLOPACrDiE, SNIPE, ETC.âGEN. 214-216. 259 abundant, migratory; like tlio last, a restless noisy denizen of the marshes, bays and estuaries. Wils., vi, 57, pi. 58 ; Nutt., ii, 148; Aud., v, 316, pi. 345; Cass, in Bd., 731 H ^ l^c Fig. 170. Greater Tell-tale. "^ â¢' Leaser Tell-tale. TeUoio-shanks. A miniature of the last; c
. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. SCOLOPACrDiE, SNIPE, ETC.âGEN. 214-216. 259 abundant, migratory; like tlio last, a restless noisy denizen of the marshes, bays and estuaries. Wils., vi, 57, pi. 58 ; Nutt., ii, 148; Aud., v, 316, pi. 345; Cass, in Bd., 731 H ^ l^c Fig. 170. Greater Tell-tale. "^ â¢' Leaser Tell-tale. TeUoio-shanks. A miniature of the last; colors pre- cisely the same ; legs comparatively longer; bill grooved rather further. Length 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. IuBd., 732. . flavipes. GreensJianJcs. Size and form almost exactl3'' as in the last species ; bill ^ f-l longer, about 2J-; coloi'S nearly the same, but bill and legs greenish; rump and lower back, as well as the tail and its coverts, white, with more or fewer dark marks. Florida. T. gloUis Aud., v, 321, pi. 346; Nutt., ii, 68; Glottis Jioridanus Cass, in Bd., 730. There is no reason to suppose that this bird is any thing more than a straggler to this country; Audubon's specimen is absolutelj^ identical with European chloropus. *** Toes with inner web rudimentary; legs blackish. {Rhyacophilus.) Solitary Tattler. Bill perfectly straight, very slender, grooved little beyond its middle; 8-9; wing 5;'tail 2 J; bill, tarsus, and middle toe, each about 1-lJ; tibifB bare %. Dark lustrous olive-brown, streaked on the head and neck, elsewhere finely speckled, with whitish; below, white, jugulum and sides of neck with brownish suffusion, and dusky streaks; rfimp and upper tail coverts like the back; tail, axillars and' linins; o
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