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VEETEBEATA : AVES OE BIRDS. 



FIG. 228. 



tarsi, in most cases, are seutellate before and behind, and 

 reticulate on the sides. Their extremely sensitive bill 

 enables them readily to liiid worms and other small 

 animals, by probing in the sand and mud. The young 

 are able to run as soon as hatched. 



The Woodcocks (Fig. 225), and true Snipe (Fig. 226), 



are from nine to twelve 

 inches in length, and have 

 the bill perfectly straight. 



The Godwits (Fig. ^229), 

 are sixteen or more inches 

 in length, and have the bill 

 slightly curved upward. 



The Sandpipers vary from 

 six inches to afoot or more 

 in length, and have the 

 bill relatively short. They 

 are abundant on all shores. The little semipalmated 



Sandpiper or Peep 

 (Ereunetea p usittus} 

 is a well-known rep- 

 resentative of this di- 

 vision. 



The Tattlers are 

 noisy birds, which 

 have a rather long 

 bill, long body, the 

 toes with a basal web, 

 and the hind toe al- 

 ways present. The 

 Yellow-legs (see Fig. 

 228) is a well-known 

 example. 



Yellow-legs, Gambetta Jlavipes, Boua- 

 parte. 



FIG. 229. 



Marbled Godwit, Limosafedoa, Ord. 



