(LESSER YELLOWSHANK.)
+Totanus flavipes+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 503 (Mendoza,
Paraná); _Baird, Brew., et Ridgw. Water-B. N. A._ i. p. 273;
_Seebohm, Plovers_, p. 364; _Saunders, Yarrell's Birds_, iii. p.
480; _Barrows, Auk_, 1884, p. 315 (Entrerios, Azul). +Gambetta
flavipes+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 145; _iid. P. Z. S._ 1868,
p. 144 (Buenos Ayres); _Durnford, Ibis_, 1877, p. 43 (Chupat) et
p. 199 (Buenos Ayres), et 1878, p. 404 (Centr. Patagonia).
_Description._--Above grey, spotted with white and black; upper
tail-coverts white, slightly spotted: beneath white; breast greyish,
with black specks; bill black; feet yellow: whole length 10·0
inches, wing 6·0, tail 2·6. _Female_ similar.
_Hab._ Arctic America, descending south to Chili and Patagonia during
migration.
This North-American species is likewise common throughout the year on
the pampas, although not nearly so common in winter (June, July, and
August) as in summer.
Durnford also found it abundant in Central Patagonia. In habits,
language, and in general appearance, except in size, it closely
resembles the Greater Yellowshank, and the two species, attracted or
deceived by this likeness, are constantly seen associating together.
Mr. Barrows, who found it near Concepcion in Entrerios, usually in
company with _Totanus melanoleucus_, did not observe it in May, June,
or July in that locality.