122 BIRDS. 



FAMILY LIL — HyEMATOPODIDiE. 



{The Turnstones.) 

 Bill hard, acute, or truncate; nasal fossae short, broad, 

 and shallow. Legs short, stout, brightly colored. Genera 

 two, not much alike; species six or eight; in most parts 

 of the world. 



* Toes 3, webbed at base ; tarsus reticulate, shorter than the trun- 



cate, compressed, ahnost woodpecker-like bill. 



H^MATOPUS, 1. 



** Toes 4, not webbed ; tarsus scutellate in front, as long as the 

 sharp, pointed bill Morinella, 2. 



/. H/EMATOPUS, Linnaeus. Oyster Catchees. 



1. H. palliatus, Temminck. Oyster Catcher. Ashy- 

 brown and blackish, mostly white below; L. 18; W. 10; 

 T. 4i; B. 3. Coasts. 



2. MORINELLA, Meyer & Wolf. Turnstones. 



1. M. inierpres, (L.) Stejn. Turnstone. Variegated ; 

 black, white, brown, and chestnut above; mostly white 

 below; no reddish in winter; L. 8|^; W. 6; T. 2|-. 

 Cosmopolitan; abundant. 



FAMILY LIIL — RECUR VIROSTRID^. 



{The Avocets.) 

 Legs excessively long. Bill very slender, long, acute, 

 often recurved. Genera three, species eight; in most 

 parts of the world. Hirriantopiis is said to have the 

 longest legs relatively of any bird. 



* Toes 4, full webbed ; bill recurved, flattened, tapering to a needle- 



like point ; plumage beneath thickened as in ducks ; swim- 

 mers Recuhvirostiia, 1. 



** Toes 3, semipalmate ; bill nearly straight, hot flattened. 



HiMANTOPUS, 2. 



