114 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Male.—A narrow black collar on hind neck ; entire wings, their coverts, 
and scapulars glossy black ; rest the plumage white. Bill and nails 
black; legs and feet bright red, said to be pink in life. Length, about 
350; wing, 220; tail, 77; exposed culmen, 59; tarsus, 126. 
Female.—Smaller and the scapulars dark brown. Wing, 210; tail, 75; 
exposed culmen, 58; tarsus, 110. 
“Young.—Brown on the upper back and inner secondaries; the hind 
neck, from the nape to the mantle, ashy gray, mottled with dusky sub- 
terminal bars to the feathers; crown dull ashy gray; lores and fore 
part of face white like the under surface of the body.” (Sharpe.) 
The stilt, even at a considerable distance, is easily recognized by its 
very long, slender, red legs. I observed a solitary individual in Malamaui 
Island near Basilan and Celestino collected a number of specimens in 
northern Mindanao. 
Subfamily TOTANIN 4. 
Bill long, slender, usually straight, in some species gently curved ; 
tarsus scutellate both in front and behind except in Nwmenius which 
has the back of tarsus reticulate and the bill very long and decurved ; 
toes slightly webbed at base. 
Genera. 
a. Tarsus transversely scaled in front, reticulated behind; culmen more than 65 
mms"pulledecuryedza eas ae Eee ens Pere Se ee ee Numenius (p. 114) 
a, Tarsus transversely scaled both in front and behind. 
bt. Bill decurved; culmen less than 50 mm......-.--...----.... Mesoscolopax (p. 119) 
b?. Bill straight or slightly upturned. 
ce’. Much larger; culmen more than 70 mm.; bill recurved and slightly exceed- 
1A 1 il RS pete geaone eae NAP SN CORSA perm et Eras eee Sedtusom ouee FUR se Limosa(p. 119) 
ce. Much smaller; culmen less than 65 mm. 
d'. Culmen equal to, and usually greater than, middle toe with claw. 
e'. Tarsus longer than middle toe with claw. 
f'. Tarsus about one and one-half times the length of middle toe with 
claw. 
gi. CulmenimnOtimecuryed = See sete cee wine ees eee ee Totanus (p. 122) 
g°. Culmen slightly recurved............ ee eta alae at Glottis (p. 129) 
f. Tarsus but little greater than middle toe with claw. 
j'. Culmensslighthy mecnrved v5 2225 2-ttek ieee: eee Terekia (p. 127) 
g°. Culmen not recurved. 
ht. Axillars not uniform white. 
reiete oa UE skirted ey gh eter ne tier NN ee Heteractitis (p. 124) 
, Axillars brown barred with white...........- Helodromas (p. 123) 
hi? Asillers purer winters... 2 tose be eee eee Actitis (p. 126) 
d, Culmen shorter than middle toe with claw, about equal to toe without _ 
CL ay eee he ee, Bead ea Rhyacophilus (p. 130) 
Genus NUMENIUS Brisson, 1760. 
Back of tarsus covered with small hexagonal scales. Large wading , 
birds with long legs; bill very long and decurved, tip of upper mandible 
blunt and projecting beyond the lower mandible. 
