INDEX TO KEY. 



ORDER 



SHORE BIRDS. 

 Hind toe, when present, always elevated above level of front toes. 



Family PHALAROPODID^. Phalaropes. 



Sides of toes with rounded lobes or narrow webs. See page 93. 



Family RECURVIROSTRI D^. Avocets 

 and Stilts. 



Toes, more or less webbed (not lobate) ; tarsus, over 3.50; bill curved upward 

 or straight. See page 95. 



Family SCOLOPACID^. 



SNIPE, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, WOODCOCK, GODW1TS, 

 WILLETS, ETC. 



Tarsus, less than 3.50 inches long; sides of toes, without lobate webs; toes, 

 four (one exception, the Sanderling) ; front of tarsus, with transverse 



GROUP i. Birds having wings from 3 . 25 to 3 . 75 inches long . See page 96. 



GROUP 2. Birds having wings from 3.75 to 4.50 inches long . " , " 97- 



Section i. Toes, four, with small web (not lobate at base). " " 97. 



Section 2. Toes, four, without web . ... . . " " 08. 



Section 3. Toes, three; bill, over .75 . . . " " 98. 



GROUP 3. Birds having wings from 4.50 to 5.50 inches long . " " 99. 



Section i. Toes, four, a small web between toes; bill, less * 



than .75 ........."" 99. 



Section 2. Toes, four, a small web between outer and middle 



toes; bill, over 1.75 . . . . . . " " 100. 



Section 3. Toes, four, without web; bill, over 2 inches long " " 100. 



Section 4. Toes, four, without web; bill, over i . 10 and 



less than i. 90 . . . . . . . . " " 101. 



Section 5. Toes, four, without web; bill, under i.io . " " 102. 



Section 6. Toes, three; bill, over .60 inch long . . " " 103. 



