FAMILY SCOLOPACIDil-:. SNIPF, SAMIPIPEKS, CTTRLEWS, ETC. 



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Top of lie.'id ;iii(I napo, l)liick ; j^enoral upper /*^ 

 plum:i<;e, g"lossy l)hu'k; front of head and Ironl ol 

 neek, rump, and underpart^s, white ; axillars, 

 white ; first primary, dark, with dark shaft ; 

 legs, ver}' lonj;^, I'osc pink in lif(>: 1)111. ni.-aily 

 straijjht : toes, three. 



Jliiitfiii/djiHs riH.rirmiys. Biack'^necked Stilt. 



See Xo. ls:{. 



iliinantoiius iiiexicanus. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACID/E. 

 Snipe, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc. 



Tarsus, less than 3,50 inches; toes, four (one exception, Sanderling 

 Sandpiper). 



"Group 1. Wing, from 3.25 to 3.75 inches lonjj:. 



No wfli lnvtwecn toes: hellv, \\hit< 



rriiiijii iniinilillii. Least Sandpiper. 



Sii- \i>. I'.m;. 



Km- ilhfi'lliiiiH fur iinvi'-iii'i'iiii'iil, t'r p;i»{«i 



