THE YELLOWSHANK Totanus flavipes (J. F. Gmelin)
Reading edition
Two examples of this American species have been obtained, the first near Nottingham and the second at Marazion in Cornwall.
In general appearance it is not unlike a young Redshank, but the legs are longer and more slender, and the axillaries are barred and not white. Length 10·75 in.; wing 6 in.