Yellow-legs

(Zool.) The Gambetta flavipes, a N. American bird, fam. Scolopacidæ. It is abt. 10 inches in entire length; the bill, which is straight and slender, being 134 inches. The wings are long and pointed, the Yellow-wood. tail short, the legs long, and the lower half of the Yellow-wort. tibiæ naked. Small flocks are seen wading in search Yemen, of food, which consists of the fry of fishes, crustaceans, worms, ., sometimes on the margins of lakes, as well as on these a-shore. In winter, the Y. migrates to the warmer parts of America. In autumn, it is very fat, and is prized for the table. Yellow River. Seo CHINA. [s. 974]