_Totanus flavipes._
_Scolopax flavipes_, +Wils.+—Aud. pl. 288.
_Totanus flavipes_, +Bechst.+
[108] Length 10¹⁄₂ inches, expanse 19¹⁄₂, flexure 6¹⁄₂, tail 2¹⁄₂,
rictus 1⁷⁄₁₀, tarsus 2²⁄₁₀, middle toe 1³⁄₁₀.
During the winter we met with this species on one or two occasions,
always solitary, wading in the shallows of Crab-pond, and picking. The
stomachs of those I obtained, contained a mass of pulverulent matter,
which, on being separated in water, seemed to consist largely, if not
wholly, of insects. Some soft larvæ, apparently dipterous, and parts
of rather large yellow ants, I recognised in one, and in another the
remains of _Notonectæ_.