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KEY TO THE WAT1<:R BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Genus MICROPALAMA Baird. 



MICROPALAMA HIMANTOPUS {Bouap.). 



Stilt Sandpiper. 



Adult in sittnincr : Legs long; entire plumage dull 

 white and dark brown, being banded on the under parts 

 with dark brown and the upper parts streaked with dark 

 brown ; a stripe of chestnut brown above and below the eye, the former 

 extending backwards and joining at the occiput ; secondaries edged with 

 tawny brown. 



Adult in winter : Upper plumage gray; feathers on the back edged 

 with white ; breast pale buff slightly mottled, shading into dull white on 

 the upper throat ; l)elly dull white : bill black. 



Length, 8.20; Wing. 5 ; Tarsus, 1,65; Bill, 1.60. 



This species ranges from the Arctic Circle to South America, being 

 abundant on the Athmtic coast during the migrations ; it is common in Flor- 

 ida. It has the general appearance of a very diminutive Summer Yellow- 

 legs, having olive green legs instead of yellow. 



It breeds in the far north : the eggs are pale buffy white, spotted with 

 brown. 



Genus TRINGA Linn. 



Subgenus TRINGA. 



TRINGA CANUTUS Linn. 

 Knot. Robin Snipe, 





Male in summer: LInder parts except lower 

 belly reddish brown ; lower belly white ; a stripe 

 of reddish brown over the eye ; back and wing 

 coverts mottled gray, black and tawny. 



Adult in winter : Entire upper parts ashy gray ; 

 the shafts of the feathers on the back showing dark 

 brown; a superciliary stripe, dull white; throat 

 white ; breast showing slight gray marking ; belly 

 white ; legs black ; bill black. 



Length, 10.60; Wing, 6.70: Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, 1.30. 

 This species breeds in the Arctic 



regions. 



> species 

 occurring on the Atlantic coast during migrations : 



it IS common 



