Yellow-Legs (Garribetta Flavipes Bonap) a North American wading bird of the tattler family. It is about 10½ in. long and 19| in. in extent of wings, considerably smaller than the tell-tale tattler (see Tattler), which it resembles in colors; the bill is 1½ in., straight and slender; wings long and pointed, tail short, legs long with lower half of tibia naked. The general color is ashy above, with many large arrow-heads and spots of brownish black edged with ashy white; rump and upper tail coverts white, the latter barred with ashy brown; lower parts white, with numerous lines on the neck and arrow-heads on the sides dark ashy brown; bill greenish black, and legs yellow. It is generally distributed over eastern North America, and is one of the most abundant of the group on the Atlantic slope from Maine to goridA, chiefly in the interior; it migrates to Mexico and Central America in winter. It is usually seen in small flocks wading in search of small fry, shrimps, worms, and aquatic insects, both in salt and fresh water; in dry weather the flocks are found on the uplands, feeding on grasshoppers and other insects; during flight the leng yellow legs are stretched out behind. The nest is made among the grass on the edges of rivers and ponds.

In autumn they get very fat and are good eating.