WILLET 



white, spotted and barred with blackish; tail 

 barred with white and blackish; a dark streak 

 through the eye; sides of head and neck and 



FIG. 13. Macrorhamphus g. griseus 



under parts dull cinnamon more or less spotted 

 with dusky and becoming white on abdomen. 



Adults in winter. Head, neck and back nearly 

 plain gray; remaining upper parts as in summer; 

 chest and sides also gray more or less intermixed 

 with white; remaining under parts white; a 

 whitish line over the eye. 



Young. Similar to adults in winter, more 

 variegated with black above; under parts more 

 buffy. 



Bill very long, 57 mm. (2.25 in.) and perfectly 

 straight, blackish olivaceous near base; legs 

 greenish olive. 



A migrant frequenting mud flats along the 

 shore, sometimes found in flocks; apparently not 

 common in the Canal Zone. 



3. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Gmelin) 

 Willet 



Length, 380 mm. (15.00 in.); tail, 75 mm. 

 (3.00 in.). 



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