Ti ies w ebbed at the bat e. 



Toes not webbed at the base, 

 (i). A continuous black breast band. 

 (2). Black band interrupted on center of breas 



221. Semipalmated Plover 



223. Belted Pipine- Plover. 

 222. Piping Plover. 



Family 2. AphrizidaE. Turnstone. 



The single species found in Ohio is found along the shore of Lake Eric (luring the migrations. 

 There it is found gleaning like the Killdeer at the water's edge or among the higher drift. 



i 224. Turnstone. 



Family 3. 

 The birds comprisinj 

 soft mud for worms and 

 of the bill, and so arc en 

 it out. Some are found 

 the nesting season many 

 Many also have whistled 



Scolopacidak. Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc. 



this group are for the most part inhabiters of wet places, probin 



move the 

 i the morsel of food undi 

 ds gleaning from the sur 

 ight be called songs if t 

 the migrations. All nest 



Mitly of 

 1 hook 



g in the 



the rest 

 to draw 

 During 

 singers. 



ill over 2 inches long. 



Bill over 5 inches long. 



Bill under 4.50. 

 . Bill curved downward. 



a. Bill about 3.75. 



b. Bill about 2.40. 



Bill straight or curved u 



a. Bill over 3.00. 



(1). Upper tail-coverts 

 12). Upper tail-coverts 



1 1 Bill under 1.00. 



(1). Bill widened and 



pward. 

 white. 



Cb). 



(2). Bi 



(a 1. 



(a? 1 

 ( l.i ) 

 Cb). 



1 i,i ) 



red. 

 barred. 



red. 

 barred. 



II. Bill 

 A. T 



!.00. 



oes 3. 



Toes ,. 

 . Tail barred. 



a. Wing under 4.50. 



b. Wing over 5.00. 

 (1). Wing over 6.00. 



(a). Tail feathers showing much wh 



(b). Tail feathers without white. 

 (2). Wing under 5.50. 



la). Upper parts spotted with white. 



fb). Upper parts not spotted with w 

 :. Tail not barred, 

 a. Bill over 1.10. 



1 1 ) Wing over 6.50. 

 (2). Wing about 6.00. 

 (3). Wing under S-7^- 



(a). Tarsus over 1.50. 



(h). Tarsus under mo. 



W 



W 



n the wing, 

 te in the wi 



(al> 

 (WO 

 (cl) 



. Bill under 1.00. 

 (I). Wing over 4.50. 



fa). Upper tail-covert, white, 

 (b). Upper tail-coverts fuscou 

 (2). Wing under 4.00. 

 fa). Toes partly webbed, 

 fb). Toes not webbed. 



g. bellv with bis 



249. Long=billed Curlew. 



250. Hudsonian Curlew. 



251. Eskimo Curlew. 



240. Hudsonian Qodwit. 

 239. Marbled Qodwit. 



227. Dowitcher. 



228. Long=billed Dowitcher. 



241. Greater Yellow=legs. 

 244. Willet. 



226. Wilson Snipe. 



225. American Woodcock. 



238. Sanderling. 



248. Spotted Sandpiper. 



Yellow=legs. 

 Bartramian Sandpiper. 



Solitary Sandpiper. 

 Buff=breasted Sandpipe 



230. Knot. 

 245. Ruff. 



229. Stilt Sandpiner. 



231. Purple Sandpiper. 



232. Pectoral Sandpiper. 

 236. Red=backed Sandpiper. 



233- 

 234- 



White»rumped Sandpiper 

 Baird Sandpiper. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. 

 Least Sandpiper. 



