Bird Guide: Water Birds, Game Birds, and Birds of Prey East of the Rockies

by Chester A. Reed

LESSER YELLOW-LEGS

255. Totanus flavipes. 10.5 in.

Very similar in form, color and markings to the large [Yellow-legs], but smaller in every way.

Range.—Breeds in the interior of Canada, north to the Arctic Ocean, and possibly in northern Miss. Valley. Winters from the Gulf States southward, migrating in the interior and along the Atlantic coast.