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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Belly, buff color; axillars, rufous brown. 



Philohela minor. Woodcock. 

 See No. 185. 



Thilohela minor. 



Section 4. Toes, four, without web; bill, under 2 inches 



long. 



Rump, gray ; upper tail coverts, whitish, banded or marked with 

 black : inner webs or primaries not speckled. 



Tringa canuius. Knot. 

 See No. 191. 



Tringa canutus. 



Rump, blackish ; middle upper tail coverts, black (not 

 Bunded) ; inner web of primaries not speckled. 



Tringa maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. Grass Bird. 



See No. 193. 



Tringa maculata. 



Inner webs of primaries, speckled. 

 Trynyites subrujicollis. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



See No. 215. 



Tryugites subruflcollis. 



