38 CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS, 
Suborder 27. LIMICOLZ. 
The Plovers and Snipes really belong to the same group as the Gulls and their allies, but 
for convenience they may be allowed to form a separate section characterized by the posses- 
sion of basipterygoid processes. The Limicole may be diagnosed as follows :— 
A. Palate schizognathous. B. Dorsal vertebre opisthocolous. ©. Basipterygoid 
processes present 
To this diagnosis many other characters may be added :— 
D. Spinal feather-tract forked on the upper back. 










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The Limicolz include the Charadriide and the Parride. 
The Charadriidze have lateral occipital fontanelles, which are not found in the Parride. 
t Character B excludes all the families in suborder 15, except the Steatornithidx, which are excluded by 
character A. 
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