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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



* Group 4. Wing, 5.50 to 6.75 inches long. 



Section 1. Toes, four, a small web between outer and 

 middle toe; bill, over 1.80. 



Upper tail coverts and axillars, white, spotted or barred with 

 dusky; bill, nearly straight. 



Macrorhamphus rjriscus. Red=breasted Snipe, or Dowitcher. 



See No. 188. 



Jfacrorhamphus ncolopacetis. Western Red=breasted Snipe, or 



Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. See No> 189 ' 



Section 2. Toes, four, a small web between outer and 

 middle toe; bill, under 1.80. 



Tarsus and middle toe together, more than 2.60 inches long; 

 outer primary, slate brown, without bars ; rump and upper tail coverts, 

 white, more or leas barred with brown; legs, yellow. 



Totanus ivipe.s. Summer Yellow=leg. 

 See No. 208. 



Totanuti flavipes. 



Stilt Sandpiper. 



Tarsus and middle toe, together, less than 2.60; upper tail coverts, white, or white burred with 

 black; outer primary, slate brown, without bars. 



Mirropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. 

 See No. 190. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



