176 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Family PHALAROPODID^. Phalaropes. 



Crymophilus fuHcarius ( fool ). 



Crymnpliilus fulicarius. 



Length, 7.50: Wing, 4.40: Jiill, .90; Tarsus, .85. 

 Upper parts gray ; ndck marked with rufous ; 

 under parts white. Phalaropus lobatus. 



Northern Phalarope. See page 270 



Family RECURVIROSTRID.F:. Avocets and Stilts. 



Recurvirostra americana. 



Length, 17.50; Wing, 8.75 : Tarsus, 3 70 ; Bill, 3.60. 

 Bill curved upwards — very slender: middle 

 back, rump and belly white ; legs bluish ; head 

 and neck rufous in summer, gray in winter. 



Length, 15; Wing, 8.75; 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 27 r 



Himantopus mexicanus. 

 Black^necked Stilt. See page 272 



