76 GAME BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA 



Key to California Game Birds — (Continued) 



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 17'. Head aud back without longitudinal streaks; 

 upper tail coverts barred with white. 



Long-billed Dowltcher 358 

 14'. Bill less than 1.75 inches (44 mm.) long. 

 18. Tail feathers barred. 



19. Breast white, unstreaked, but marked in summer 



with rounded black spots. Spotted Sandpiper 431 



19'. Breast variously streaked, on buffy or gray ground. 

 20. Wing more than 5.70 inches (145 mm.) long. 



21. No white in tail barring. Upland Plover 427 



21'. Tail barring with considerable white. 



Lesser Yellow-legs 408 

 20'. Wing less than 5.60 inches (142 mm.) long. 



Western Solitary Sandpiper 411 

 18'. Tail feathers not barred. 



22. Whole upper surface from head to tail, uniform 

 grayish brown, without trace of streaking. 



Wandering Tattler 422 

 22'. Upper surface of body never colored uniformly. 

 23. Bill more than 1.30 inches (33 mm.) long. 



24. Axillars and upper tail coverts both barred; 



bill not bent downward near tip (fig. 66). 



Knot 363 

 24'. Axillars white; upper tail coverts like back, 

 not barred; bill bent slightly downward near 

 tip (fig. 71). Red-backed Sandpiper 381 



23'. Bill less than 1.30 inches (33 mm.) long. 



25. Front toes webbed at bases (fig. 70). 



Western Sandpiper 386 

 25'. Front toes not webbed at bases (fig. 69). 

 26. Wing less than 3.75 inches (95 mm.) long. 



Least Sandpiper 376 

 26'. Wing more than 4.25 inches (108 mm.) long. 

 27. Feet greenish; tarsus and bill both more 

 than 0.95 inch (24 mm.) long. 



Pectoral Sandpiper 368 

 27'. Feet black; tarsus and bill both less than 

 0.95 inch (24 mm.) long. 



Baird Sandpiper 373 

 6'. Hind toe absent (see note under no. 6). 



28. Bill less than 1.25 inches (31.8 mm.) long; never red. 

 29. Axillar feathers gray; belly black in spring. 



American Golden Plover 458 

 29'. Axillar feathers white. 



30. Breast crossed by two blackish bands; rump tawny. 



Killdeer 463 

 30'. Breast with one or no black baud; rump never tawny. 

 31. Breast crossed by a single black band. 

 32. Bill orange at base; forehead black. 



Semipalmated Plover 469 



