114 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Male. — A narrow black collar on hind neck ; entire wings, their coverts, 

 and scapulars glossy black; rest of the plumage white. Bill and nails 

 black; legs and feet bright red, said to be pink in life. Length, about 

 350; wing, 220; tail, 77; exposed culmen, 59; tarsus, 126. 



Female. — Smaller and the scapulars dark brown. Wing, 210; tail, 75; 

 exposed ciilmen, 58; tarsus, 110. 



"Young. — Brown on the upper back and inner secondaries ; the hind 

 neck, from the nape to the mantle, ashy gray, mottled with dusky sub- 

 terminal bars to the feathers; crown dull ashy gray; lores and fore 

 part of face white like the under surface of the body." (Shaj'pe.) 



The stilt, even at a considerable distance, is easily recognized by its 

 very long, slender, red legs. I observed a solitary individual in Malamaui 

 Island near Basilan and Celestino collected a number of specimens in 

 northern Mindanao. 



Subfamily TOT AN I N.^. 



Bill long, slender, usually straight, in some species gently curved; 



tarsus scutellate both in front and behind except in Xu men ins which 



has the back of tarsus reticiilate and the bill very long and decurved : 



toes slightly webl)ed at base. 



Genera. 



a\ Tarsus transversely scaled in front, reticulated behind; culmen more than Go 



mm.; bill decurved Numenius (p. 114) 



a". Tarsus transversely scaled both in front and behind. 



6\ Bill decurved; culmen less than 50 mm Mesoscolopax (p. 119) 



b-. Bill straight or slightly upturned. 



d. Much larger; culmen more than 70 mm.; bill recurved and slightly exceed- 

 ing tail Limosa(p. 119) 



c". Much smaller; culmen less than 65 mm. 



d^. Culmen equal to, and usually greater than, middle toe with claw. 

 e\ Tarsus longer than middle toe with claw. 



p. Tarsus about one and one=half times the length of middle toe with 

 claw. 



g^. Culmen not recurved Totanus ( p. 122) 



(/-. Culmen slightly recurved Glottis (p. 129) 



p. Tarsus but little greater than middle toe with claw. 



i/^. Culmen slightly recurved Terekia (p. 127) 



g-. Culmen not recurved. 



h^. Axillars not uniform white. 



i\ Axillars gray Heteractitis (p. 124) 



r. Axillars brown barred with white Helodromas ( p. 123) 



h-. Axillars pure white Actitis (p. 126) 



d-. Culmen sliorter than middle toe with claw, about equal to toe without 

 claw Rhyacophilus (p. 130) 



(;enus XUMENIUS Brisson, liCO. 



Back of tarsus covered with small hexagonal scales. Large wading 

 birds with long legs: bill very long and decurved, tip of upper mandible 

 blunt and projecting beyond the lower mandible. 



