Plate CCLIV. Male and Young.
Bill half as long again as the head; membranes of the toes merely
sinuous, tail nearly even; general colour of upper parts
brownish-grey, hind neck and rump greyish-white, crown of head
ash-grey; a white line over the eye; a band of black on the lore,
under the eye, and down the side of the neck, where it enlarges, and
changes into chestnut-red, extending down the back; another chestnut
band crosses the wing, and includes part of the inner secondaries;
quills greyish-brown, outer primaries and their coverts much darker,
the shaft of the first white, tail-feathers pale brownish-grey on the
outer, white more or less mottled on the inner webs; throat and cheeks
white; fore neck orange-brown, fading below, and extending paler over
the sides of the body; breast, abdomen, and lower wing-coverts white.
_Adult_, 10, 17-1/2.
Procured in Kentucky, New Jersey, and Boston. Breeds abundantly on the
Rocky Mountains. Saskatchewan River. Winters in Mexico.
Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ix. p.
72.
Phalaropus Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 342.
Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus Wilsonii, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v.
iv. p. 59.
Phalaropus Wilsonii, Wilson's Phalarope, Swains. & Rich. F.
Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 405.
American Phalarope, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 245.
Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus Wilsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
iii. p. 400.
GENUS IV. TOTANUS, Bechst. TATLER.
Bill much longer than the head, very slender, subcylindrical,
straight, flexible, compressed at the base, the point rather
depressed and obtuse; upper mandible with the dorsal line straight,
the ridge convex, as are the sides, the edges thick, the tip slightly
deflected; lower mandible with the angle very long and narrow, the
dorsal line straight, the sides convex, with a slight groove in their
basal half, the edges grooved longitudinally, as are those of the
upper, the tip narrow. Nostrils basal, linear. Head of moderate size,
oblong; neck rather long and slender; body slender. Feet very long and
slender; tibia bare for half its length; tarsus compressed, scutellate
before and behind; hind toe very small, anterior of moderate length,
connected by webs at the base, all scutellate above. Claws small,
slightly arched, rather obtuse. Plumage soft and blended; wings long,
narrow, pointed; first quill longest, inner secondaries long; tail
short, of twelve rounded feathers.
343. 1. Totanus macularius, Wils. Spotted Tatler.--Spotted Sandpiper.
Peet-weet.
Plate CCCX. Male and Female.
Bill a little longer than the head, very slender, flexible, greenish
above, yellow beneath, legs rather long and slender, pale
flesh-colour; upper parts glossy greenish-olive, with bronze
reflections, the head longitudinally streaked, the back transversely
undulated with dusky; lower parts white, marked with numerous
brownish-black spots, smaller on the throat, largest and roundish on
the breast and sides. Young with the upper feathers of the upper parts
terminally margined with dusky, the wing-coverts barred, the lower
parts pure white.
_Male_, 8, 13-3/4.
Breeds from the Texas along the shores to Maine, the islands of the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Labrador. Inland all over the country. Very
common. Resident in the Southern States. Columbia River.
Spotted Sandpiper, Tringa macularia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vii.
p. 60.
Totanus macularius, Bonap. Syn. p. 325.
Spotted Tatler or Peet-weet, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 162.
Spotted Sandpiper, Totanus macularius, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv.
p. 81.
344. 2. Totanus solitarius, Wils. Solitary Tatler.--Solitary
Sandpiper.
Plate CCLXXXIX. Male and Female.
Bill a little longer than the head, very slender, greenish-black;
feet greenish-grey, long; upper part of head, lores, cheeks, hind
part and sides of neck greyish-brown, streaked with brownish-white; a
dull white line from the bill to the eye; upper part of throat
greyish-white; fore neck of the same colour, streaked with
greyish-brown; the rest of the lower parts white; the axillars and
wing-coverts broadly barred with dusky; back and scapulars deep
greenish-brown, the feathers edged with a few small spots of white and
dusky, those of the inner secondaries more numerous; larger
wing-coverts similar; smaller coverts, primary coverts, and primaries,
deep brownish-black, secondaries greyish-brown; tail feathers and
coverts broadly banded with white and brownish-black, except the two
middle, which are merely spotted with white on the edges.
_Male_, 8-1/2, 16-1/2.
Distributed from Texas over the United States, breeding in deep woody
situations, in the Fur Countries on the bare sand. Columbia River.
Partially migratory.
Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vii.
p. 53.
Totanus chloropygius, Bonap. Syn. p. 325.
Totanus chloropygius, Green rump Tatler, Swains. & Rich. F.
Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 393.
Green-rump Tatler, Totanus chloropygius, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
iii. p. 576; v. v. p. 583.
345. 3. Totanus flavipes, Lath. Yellowshanks Tatler.--Yellowshanks
Snipe.
Plate CCLXXXVIII. Male.
Bill a fourth longer than the head, black; feet long, bright yellow;
upper part of the head, lores, cheeks, hind part and sides of the neck
deep brownish-grey, streaked with greyish-white; a white line from the
bill to the eye; fore neck greyish-white, streaked with greyish-brown,
as are the sides; the rest of the lower parts white; the lower
tail-coverts slightly marked with grey, the axillars and loral
wing-coverts banded or spotted with the same; back and scapulars
olivaceous brown, tinged with grey, the feathers edged with small
dusky and white spots; wing-coverts and inner secondary quills
similar, the marginal spots on the latter forming bands; primary
quills blackish-brown, the shaft of the outer brownish-white, of the
rest dark brown, the edges of the inner, and of the middle secondaries
white; hind part of back brownish-grey; rump white, upper tail-coverts
and tail barred with greyish-brown and white.
_Male_, 10-3/ , 20.
From Texas to Maine, in autumn and spring. Very abundant at the same
seasons throughout the interior. Breeds in the Fur Countries, up to
the highest northern latitudes.
Yellowshanks Snipe, Scolopax flavipes, Wils. Amer. Orn. v.
vii. p. 55.
Totanus flavipes, Bonap. Syn. p. 324.
Totanus flavipes, Yellowshanks Tatler, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor.
Amer. v. ii. p. 390.
Yellowshanks Tatler, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 152.
Yellowshank, Totanus flavipes, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 573;
v. v. p. 586.
346. 4. Totanus vociferus, Wils. Tell-tale Tatler.--Tell-tale Godwit
or Snipe. Greater Yellowshanks. Long-shanks. Humility. Clou-Clou.
Plate CCCVIII. Male and Female in winter.
Bill about half longer than the head, black, at the base bluish-grey;
legs long, bright yellow. Upper part of head, lores, cheeks, and neck
all round, excepting the throat, streaked with brownish-black, on a
white ground, tinged with grey on the head and hind neck; breast, and
abdomen, white; almost entirely spotted and barred with
brownish-black, as are the sides and tail-coverts, together with the
axillar feathers and lower wing-coverts; the lower surface of the
primaries light grey, their shafts white; upper parts black, glossed
with green, and variegated with white, each feather being margined
with triangular spots of that colour; hind part of rump and upper
tail-coverts white, barred with dusky; anterior small. Wing-coverts,
alula, primary coverts, and primary quills, brownish-black, without
spots, shaft of first primary white, of the rest brown; tail-feathers
white, with numerous bands of dark greyish-brown, the middle six
feathers more or less of a light brownish-grey toward the end, the
bars not extending over their central part. In winter, the upper parts
much paler, the lower having the greater part of the breast and
abdomen pure white.
_Male_, 14, 24-3/4. _Female_, 13-3/4, 25-1/2.
Abundant during autumn, winter, and spring, from Texas along the
Atlantic, and throughout the interior to Labrador. Few breed in the
Jerseys; most from Labrador northward.
Tell-tale Godwit or Snipe, Scolopax vociferus, Wils. Amer.
Orn. v. vii. p. 57.
Totanus melanoleucus, Bonap. Syn. p. 324.
Totanus vociferus, Tell-tale, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v.
ii. p. 389.
Tell-tale or Greater Yellowshanks, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 148.
Tell-tale Godwit, Totanus melanoleucus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv.
p. 68.