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Bill, nearly straight; top of head and nape, black; general upper 

 plumage, glossy black; front of head and front of neck, rump, and 

 under parts, white; axillars, white; first primar3% dark, with dark 

 shaft; legs, very long, rose pink in life; toes, three. 



Himantopus mexicanus. 

 Black-necked Stilt. 

 See No. 106. 



Family SCOLOPACIDt?:. 



SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, ETC. 



Toes, four (one exception, the Sanderling Sandpiper) ; bill, com- 

 paratively slender and soft skinned; nasal grooves, narrow and long 

 (from one-half to two-thirds the length of the bill ) ; nostrils, narrow 

 slits; tail, short; wing (inmost species), long and pointed; hind toe 

 (when present ) , always elevated above the level of the front toes; 

 tarsus, with transverse scales. 



* GROUP 1. Wing, from ^-'^S to3-75 inches long. 



Pisobia minutilla. 



No web between toes; belly, white. 



*For directions for measurement, see page 21. 



Pisobia minutilla. 

 Least Sandpiper. 



See No. 117. 



