FAMILY RHYNCHOPID.E. — SKLAIMERS. 



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FAHILY RHYNCHOPID/E. 



Skimmers. 



Bill, like blade of a knife, the under mandible the longer; plumage, 

 black above, white below. 



* Group 1. Wing, 13 to 15 inches long. 



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r>ill. tliiii. ktiite-likf; loutr iiiaivdilile, tlie lonj^er; l>:if<:il hall' of liill, vfriiiiliun nil. Maik- 

 isli at lip: iippiT ])luma^f, black ; unilt'iparts, white. liliynckops nii/ni. Black Skimmer. 



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• Kim- (llrL-ctioiiK I'm- uifUHiirt'iin'iit, hcc pajtn 1'. 



