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.