JAN., 1909. BIRDS OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN CORY. 



95 



Back, grayish, mottled with dusky or whitish; bill, over 1.05; 

 tarsus, over i inch; toes, with narrow web on sides; wing, 4.75 to 

 4.95 (male). Steganopus tricolor. 



Wilson's Phalarope. 

 See No. 104. 



Family RECURVIROSTRID^. 



AVOCETS AND STILTS. 

 Legs, long ; tarsus over 3.50 inches ; bill, curved upward or straight. 



Bill, curved upward; head and neck, pale rufous (summer), 

 white or grayish (winter); back and tail, white; axillars, white; 

 belly, white; first primary, dark with dark shaft; toes, four; toes, 

 webbed. Recurvirostra americana. 



American Avocet. 

 See No. 105. 



Avocet. 



Stilt. 



