FAMILY SCOLOPACIDyE. SNIPE, SA.VDPTPERS, CURLEWS, ETC. 107 



Top of head and nape, black ; general upper ^~5 

 plumage, glossy l)lack ; front of head and front of 

 ueck, rump, and underparts, white ; axillars, 

 white ; first primary, dark, with dark shaft ; 

 legs, very long, rose pink in life; bill, nearly 

 straight; toes, three. 



tH mcxicanus. Black-necked Stilt. 

 See Xo. 183. 



Himantopus rnexk-anus. 



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. 





No web between toes; belly, white. 



Tringa miiiiitilla. 



Tringa mimitilla. Least Sandpiper. 

 See No. 196. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



