21 



III. Feet Without Pronounced Web. 



F, Legs long, for wading in water or mud; 



toes long, slender, and flexible at joints. 



h, Bill stout and horny; bare space 

 about eyes. 



Figure 17. 



Figure 18. 



1, Middle toe with comb. 



Herons. 



Figure 19. 



p. 80. 



2, Forehead bare. 



Figure 20. 



Cranes. 



p. 85. 



i. Bills long, flex- 

 ible, and even- 

 ly tapered. 



Figures 21 and 22. 



3, Bill rather slender, 

 not markedly deeper 

 at base than tip. Toes 

 four, except Sanderling (p. 97). 



Phalaropes, Snipe, Sandpipers , p. 90. 



