KEY TO FAMILIES. — WATKIl BIRDS. 



23 



GROUP 6. 



Toes, three; a small web between toes, or, entirely 

 without web. 



Bill, slender; wins:, ahout 5 inches; hill, ahout one inch; this is the on l.v represen- 

 tative of this family with three toes, all others have four; tarsus, less than 1 .r,0 inches l.m;;. 

 Family SCOLOPACID/E. {Calidris armaria.) Sanderling. Sandpiper. 



See paire 107. 



^ 



Toes, three, partly \vel)l)c.| : tarsn^;, over .{ inches: lon-r: ireniTa! plumage, black and 

 white, lejrs. pink r<(l in life. Family RFXURVIROSTRID/C. Stilts. 



See i)a<;e KXJ. 



