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KEY TO THE WATER lUROS OK EI-()R1I)A. 



Family PHALAROPODID^E. Piialaropes. 



CrvmophiUis fiilicarius (font' 



(.'ryinophihis fulicarius. 



Length, 7.50: Win-;, 4.40: Bill. .90; Tarsus. .85. 

 Upper parts gray; neck marked with rufous ; 

 under parts white. 



Phalaropus lobatus. 

 Northern Phalarope. Seepage ijS 



Family RECURVIROSTRID.E. A\'OCets and Stilts. 



Recurvirnstra americana. 



Lengtli, 17.50; Wing, 8. 75 : Tarsus, 3 70; IJill. 3.60. 

 Bill curved upwards — very slender; middle 

 back, rump and belly white ; legs bluish ; head 

 and neck ruf jus in summer, gray in winter. 



Length, 15: Wing, S.75; Tarsus, 3.90: Bill, 2.60. 

 Forehead, bill straight; a spot behind the eye, 

 and under parts white; rest of head, back, and 

 wings black ; legs pink red. 



Recurvirostra americana. 

 American Avocet. .See page 139 



Himantopus mexicanus. 

 Black=necked Stilt. See page 1. 



