FAMILY SCOLOPACIDvE. SNIPE, SAXDPTPEKS, CURLEWS, ETC. 



107 



Top of head mid nape, black; general upper 

 plumage, glossy black; front of head and front of 

 neck, nmip, and underparts, white ; axillars, 

 white ; first primary, dark, with dark shaft ; 

 legs, very long, r'ose pink in life; bill, nearly 

 straight : toes, three. 



BIack=necked Stilt. 

 See No. is:?. 



Ilimantupus nicxicaiius. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACID^E. 



Snipe, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc. 



Tarsus, less than 3.50 inches; toes, four (one exception, Sanderling 

 Sandpiper) 



Group 1. Wing, from 3.25 to 3.75 inches long. 



far 



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1 





No web between toes; belly, white. 



a niiimtill.'i. 



Trial/a minvtlUa. Least Sandpiper. 

 See No. 196. 



* For directions for measurement, : ee p.ago <i. 



