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2. (Wing less than 4; toes well webbed; both mandibles grooved to 
the tip; tail not barred). . . - . «5. « «+ EREUNETES, 391. 
ti. (Wing not less than 4.) 
j- Bill narrower at tip, its upper surface hard and smooth, not grooved 
to the tip; (tail barred). 
k. Tarsus about as long as middle toe and claw; (wings less than 43). 
Actiris, 398. 
kk. Tarsus rather longer than middle toe and claw; (wings more 
than 43). 
x. Bill slender; (legs dusky or yellow). . . . TorTAnus, 394. 
xx. Bill stout; (legs bluish). . . . . . SYMPHEMIA, 395. 
jj» Bill i ae broadened at segs its ed surface slightly wrinkled or 
pitted. AY ome . . . MICROPALAMA, 389. 
hh. Tail shorter than bill; gape biiet Tc wend behind base of culmen: (tail 
barred or else chiefly black). 
1, Culmen with a median groove; tip of both mandibles wrinkled 
orpitted: © . « = 1. = « | », .MACRORHAMPHUS, 333. 
Zl. Culmen smooth, not grooved... . . . . - Limosa, 393. 
aa. Tarsus scutellate in front, reticulate behind; bill very long, decurved. 
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386. PHILOHELA Gray. (didos, lover; €Aos, swamp.) 
755. P. minor (Gmelin). AMERICAN Woopcock. Variegated, 
black, brown, gray, and russet; occiput banded with blackish and 
rusty, below warm brown. L.11. W.5. B.3. T.14. E.U.S., 
in swamps, W.to Nebr. (The European woodcock, Scolopaz rusti- 
cola L., a similar but considerably larger bird, is an occasional 
strageler to E. U.S.) 
387. GALLINAGO Leach. (Lat., gallus, cock.) 
756. G. delicata (Ord). Wutson’s Sniper. Back varied with 
black and bay; crown black, with a pale median stripe; breast 
mottled ; sides barred; bill straight, very long. L.11. W.5. B. 
24, T. 2. N. Am., abundant; a favorite game bird. 
388. MACRORHAMPHUS Leach. (yaxpos, long; paudos, 
beak.) 
757. M. griseus (Gmelin). Gray Snipe. Dow1TcHer. Black- 
ish and grayish; breast rusty-red in summer; bill long, nearly as 
in Gallinago. L. 11. W. 53. T. 24. E. N. Am., abundant 
coastwise. 
389. MICROPALAMA Baird. (wixpds, small; maddy, palm.) 
758. M. himantopus (Bonaparte). Stirt SANppreeR. Black- 
ish, marked with chestnut, etc. ; ashy gray in winter ; bill nearly as 
in Gallinago. L.9. W.5. T. 24. B.13. E.N. Am, not com- 
mon. (Himantopus, the stilt.) 
