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 TATIUS of a sect known as Tatianists, forbade mar- riage and the use of animal food and wine, substituted water for wine in the service of the eucharist, and required the giving up of worldly goods as the evidence of Christian sanctity. His "Discourse to the Greeks" (Ilpdf "EAAtfvo?), written while he still held orthodox opinions, has passed through many editions, the earliest being that of Zurich in 1546, and the best that of Oxford (8vo, 1700). The account of Tatian and his opinions is best given by Le Nourry in Worth's edition of his works ; by the Benedictine Ceillier, in vol. ii. of his Auteurs sacres et ecclesiastiques ; and by Daniel in Tatian der Apologet (Halle, 1837). TATIUS, Achilles. See ACHILLES TATIUS. TATNALL, a S. E. county of Georgia, bound- ed S. by the Altamaha and K E. by the Can- nouchee, and intersected by the Great Ohoopee river; area, about 1,200 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 4,860, of whom 1,280 were colored. The sur- face is level, and the soil sandy and mostly poor. The chief productions in 1870 were 74,684 bushels of Indian corn, 28,117 of oats, 25,386 of sweet potatoes, 314 bales of cot- ton, 23,834 Ibs. of wool, and 120,012 of rice. There were 699 horses, 700 mules and asses, 4,567 milch cows, 15,138 other cattle, 12,030 sheep, and 13,420 swine. Capital, Reedsville. TATTA, a town of British India, in Sinde, on the W. bank of the Indus a few miles above the head of the delta, 48 m. S. S. W. of Hydrabad ; pop. about 10,000. It stands on ground slightly elevated by ruins, which are exceedingly abundant in the vicinity, and in- clude an old cemetery said to contain 1,000,000 tombs. The town is much decayed. During the season when the river overflows its banks it is almost completely surrounded by water. There are some manufactures of cotton and silk goods, but the trade is not very extensive. Tatta is supposed to be the ancient Pattala. The Portuguese plundered it in 1555, and the British established a factory there in 1758. TATTLER, the proper name of the wading birds of the snipe family, of the division to- tanece, as distinguished from the tringece or sandpipers ; they are often called sandpipers, in England gambets, and in France cheva- liers or totanes. The bill is slender, nearly straight, about as long as the tarsus, pointed, not grooved for the terminal fourth, gape extending beyond the culmen, terminal half hard and horny, and base covered with a soft skin ; wings long ; legs and neck elonga- ted ; toes connected anteriorly by membrane ; tail almost always strongly barred. They are genuine waders, frequenting the water's edge, picking up insects, mollusks, &c. ; they are swift fliers and runners, and some species take readily to the water ; .they perform migrations of considerable extent, going north to breed in spring, and returning through the temper- ate regions in early autumn, at which time the flesh is fat, juicy, and much esteemed. The French name is "derived from the body TATTLER 583 being mounted on long legs, and appearing as if on horseback. The nest is on the ground, usually near water, and the young quit it as soon as hatched ; in the breeding season they keep in pairs, and the families remain togeth- er until spring. The tell-tale tattler or greater yellow-legs (gambetta melanoleuca, Bonap.) is about 14 in. long, 25 in. in alar extent, with the bill 2i in. ; wings long, first quill the long- est; tail short; legs yellow and long; hind toe small. Above it is cinereous of various shades, with lines, spots, and edgings of dull white ; lower back brownish black ; rump and upper tail coverts white with more or less perfect brownish bands; white below, with brownish stripes on neck and bars of spots on breast ; quills brownish black ; tail white, with brownish black bands. This bird, sometimes called stone snipe, is found throughout tem- perate North America and Mexico, preferring large soft marshes and the vicinity of fresh Tell-Talc Tattler (Gambetta melanoleuca). water ; it lives with other waders and the smaller ducks; the common name is derived from the habit of uttering its shrill whistle of four loud and rapidly repeated notes at the least sign of danger, giving the alarm to all the ducks and other game birds in the neigh- borhood ; its notes are easily imitated, calling the bird within gun-shot ; the flesh in autumn is excellent eating ; the eggs are four, 2 by 1 in., pale greenish yellow, with brown and purplish gray blotches. The common yellow- legs and the willet will be noticed under those titles. The spotted tattler or peet-weet (trin- goides macularius, Gray) is 7| to 8 in. long, 13 in. in alar extent, with the bill 1 in., and the tarsus rather less ; the bill has both man- dibles grooved and is tapering; lower third of tibias naked ; tail much rounded ; outer_toe webbed to first joint. It is brownish olive- green above, with bronzed lustre and lines and spots of brownish black; line over eyes and