KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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Tringa canutus. 



Tringa maculata. 



Length, 8.75; Wing, 5.20; Tarsus, i ; Bill, 1.30. 

 Upper parts gray, showing faint purplish reflec- 

 tions. 



Length, 8 ; Wing, 5.20; Tarsus, 1.60; Bill, 1.20. liack 

 olive green spotted with white ; axillars barred. 



Length, 8 ; Wing, 5.20; Tarsus, 1.60; Bill, 1.60. Legs 

 long; upper tail coverts barred with black and 

 white in summer ; white in winter. 



Length, 7.90; Wing, 4.90; Tarsus, 1.05; Bill, 1.60. 

 Upper belly black in breeding plumage. In win- 

 ter breast gray, shafts of the feathers brown. 



Length, 5.40; Wing, 3. -So; Tarsus, .90; Bill, i.io. 

 A small web between the toes. 



Tringa maritima. 



Purple Sandpiper. Seepage 145 



Totanus solitarius. 

 Solitary Sandpiper. See page 152 



Micropalama himantopus. 

 Stilt Sandpiper. See page 144 



Tringa alpina pacifica. 

 Red=backed Sandpiper. 

 American Dunlin. See page 147 



Ereunetes occidentalis. 

 Western Sandpiper. See page 14S 



Length under 10; wing under 6; bill 1 or less; toes four in number. 



Length, 8; Wing, 5.30; Tarsus, i.io; Bill, .So. Breast 

 buff or grayish buff. 



Tryngites subruficollis. 

 Buff=breasted Sandpiper. 



See page 155 



