The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Yellowlegs \Yel"low*legs`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the
   genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; --
   called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale,
   yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Yellowshanks \Yel"low*shanks`\, Yellowshins \Yel"low*shins`\, n.
   (Zool.)
   See Yellolegs.
   [1913 Webster]