CURLEWS, ETC. 107 
FAMILY SCOLOPACID®. — SNIPE, SANDPTPERS, 
Top of head and nape, black; general upper 
plumage, glossy black; front of head and front of 
neck, rump, and underparts, white; axillars, 
white ; first primary, dark, with dark shaft ; 
legs, very long, rose pink in life; bill, nearly 
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straight; toes, three. 
Himantopus mexicanus. 
Black=-necked Stilt. 
See No. 183. 
Himantopus mexicanus. 
FAMILY SCOLOPACID-E. 
Snipe, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc. 
Tarsus, less than 3.50 inches; toes, four (one exception, Sanderling 
Sandpiper). 
*Group 1. Wing, from 3.25 to 3.75 inches long. 
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No web between toes; belly, white. Tringa Vt inutilla. Least Sandpiper. 
See No. 196. 
* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 
