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KEY TO THE BIKDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



* Group 4. Wing, 5.50 to 6.75 inches long. 



Section 1. Toes, four, a small web between outer and 

 middle toe; bill, over 1.80. 



r[>l)er tail coverts and axillars, white, spotted or barred witli 

 dusky; l)ill, nearly sti'ai,i>lit. 



31acrtirhnmphns fjriscna. Red=breasted Snipe, or Dowitcher. 



(^ See No. 18S. 



Macrorhaiiq^huti scolvpaauis. Western Red=breasted Snipe, or 



Long^billed Dowitcher.. 



Macrorhaiiipluis griseus. '^'^^' ^^*' -'^'^'*" 



Section 2. Toes, four, a small web between outer and 

 middle toe; bill, under 1.80. 



Tarsus and middle toe togetlier, more tlian 2. (JO inelies long; 

 outer primary, slate lirown, without hars ; rump and upper tail coverts, 

 white, more or less barred with browu : legs, yellow. 



Totanus mipcs. Summer Yellow=leg. 



See No. 208. 



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'I'dtamis llavipcs. 



Stilt Sandpiper. 



Tarsus and middle toe, together, less tlian 2.00; upper toil covrrts^ivhite, or tvhitr harred with 

 black; outer primary, slate browu, without l)ars. 



31icropalain,a hiinantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. 

 See No. 190. 



* For direotions lor measurement, see page !l. 



