Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. A genus of Scolopacidæ,
belonging to the totanine section, having a slender bill little
longer than the head and grooved to beyond the middle, legs
comparatively short, a moderate basal web between the outer and
middle toes, the plumage dark-colored above with small whitish
spots, and the tail rounded, fully barred with black and white;
the green sandpipers or solitary tattlers. The green sandpiper
of Europe, R. ochropus, is the type. The similar American
species is R. solitarius, commonly called the solitary
sandpiper, abundant about pools and in wet woods and fields
throughout the greater part of the United States. It is 8½
inches long and 16 in extent of wings. Sorry, no example
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