FAMILY SCOLOPACID.E. SNIPE, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, ETC. 



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* Group 5. Wing, 6 75 to 9 inches long. 



Section I. Toes, four, with more or less web; bill, curved 

 upwards or straight ; bill, over 2.60. 



Willet. 



Axillars, dark gray, or sooty 

 gray; belly, grayish white; first 

 primary, dark slaty brown with 

 white shaft; bill, curved upward ; 

 upper tail coverts mostly white. 

 Limosa hit'uKistir/i. 



Hudsonian Qodwit. 

 Sec No. -234. . 



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Syrnphemia semipalmata. 



Axillars, smoky black; belly, white ; termi- 

 nal third of outer primary, black; the rest, white; 

 bill, nearly straight. 



Symphemia scmipalmata. Willet. 

 frymphrmia spmipalmata inornata. 



Western Willet. 

 See Nos. 211 and 212. 



Hudsonian God-wit. 



* Km- directions for measurement, see page 9. 



