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b'. Culmeu longer than mid -toe and claw, tip of bill not 

 decurved, under primary coverts white, toes cleft to the base. 

 Genus Trhiga. 



b\ Culmen longer than tarsus, lower parts white, chest 

 streaked or spotted with dusky, tail barred with grayish or dusky. 

 Genus Tot an us. 



b^. Wing 6.5 or more. 



C'. Wing about 8, bill decidedly arched or decurved. 

 Genus Xiimcnius. 



C". Wing about 6, tarsus equal to the hind toe and 

 claw, axillars grayish, no web between inner and middle toes at base, 

 bill grooved for at least half its length. Genus Hetcraditis. 



Q=. Wing 7 or more, terminal part of bill smooth and 

 hard, culmen 3 or more, no white on wings. Genus Limosa. 



Genus GAI,I,INAG0 Leach. 



23. Gallinago megala Swinh. Snipe. 



General color above blackish striped with sand)^ isabelline, 

 breast and abdomen white, a red subterminal band on the tail, tail 

 feathers 20. Length 9.5, culmen 2.3, wing 5.4, tail 2.15, tarsus 

 1.35. Hab. Eastern Siberia, wintering in the Philippines, Borneo 

 and the Moluccas ; in the Marianas during migrations. 



Genus TRINGA Linn^us. 



24. Tringa acuminata (Horsf.). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



Legs and feet pale, wings from the carpal joint more than 4.76, 

 the shafts of the quills for a portion of their length are white ; top 

 of head is rust}', with streakings and fleckings of dusk)' ; fore neck 

 and chest buff broadly streaked and splotched with dusky ; rest of 

 the lower parts white. Length 7.50-8. wing 4.90-5.50, culmen 

 .95-1.05, tarsus 1.10-1.25. Hab. West coa.st of America, islands 

 of the Pacific from Australia to Alaska ; Guam during migrations. 



Genus CAIylDRIS Cuvier. 



25. Calidris arenaria Linn. Sanderling. 



General under color white, above light rusty (to ash gray in 

 winter), greater wing coverts broadly tipped with white. Length 

 7-8.50, wing 4.70-5, culmen .95-1, tarsus .95-1.05, mid-toe and 

 claw .55-. 60. Hab. Circumpolar ; breeds on all coasts of the Ar(ftic 

 ocean, south in winter to Malay archipelago, and Pacific islands ; 

 Guam during migrations. 



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