Synopsis of Orders and Families. 



Family 25. AVOCETS AND STILTS. RECURVIROSTRID/E. 



Long legged, wading Snipe; in Avocets toes four, front three webbed; bill recurved; 

 r n Stilts toes three, almost unwebbed; bill straight. 



HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 



Family 26. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, ETC. SCOLOPACIM. 



Toes usually four; tarsus with transverse scales; bill generally long, slender, and soft, 

 used as a probe. 



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