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»". (Wing less than 4; toes well webbed; both mandibles grooved to 



the tip; tail not barred) Ereuxetes, 391. 



ii. (Wing not less than 4.) 

 j. Bill narrower at tip, its upper surface hard and smooth, not grooved 

 to the tip ; (tail barred). 

 k. Tarsus about as long as middle toe and claw; (wings less than 4£). 



Actitis, 398. 

 kk. Tarsus rather longer than middle toe and claw; (wings more 

 than 4§). 

 x. Bill slender; (legs dusky or yellow). . . . Totanus, 394. 



xx. Bill stout; (legs bluish) Symphemia, 395. 



jj. Bill slightly broadened at tip, its upper surface slightly wrinkled or 



pitted Micropalama, 389. 



hh. Tail shorter than bill ; gape not reaching behind base of culmen: (tail 

 barred or else chiefly black). 



I. Culmen with a median groove ; tip of both mandibles wrinkled 



or pitted Macrokhamphus, 388. 



II. Culmen smooth, not grooved Limosa, 393. 



aa. Tarsus scutellate in front, reticulate behind ; bill very long, decurved. 



(Numeniinm.) Numesius, 399. 



386. PHILOHELA Gray. (<p[Xos, lover ; e\os, swamp.) 



755. P. minor (Gmelin). American Woodcock. Variegated, N ^ 

 black, brown, gray, and russet ; occiput banded with blackish and 

 rusty, below warm brown. L. 11. W. 5. B. 3. T. 1^. E. U. S., 



in swamps, W. to Xebr. (The European woodcock, Scolopax rusti- 

 cola L., a similar but considerably larger bird, is an occasional 

 straggler to E. U. S.) 



387. GALLINAGO Leach. (Lat., gallus, cock.) 



756. G. delicata (Ord). Wilson's Snipe. Back varied with ^ v 

 black and bay ; crown black, with a pale median stripe ; breast 

 mottled; sides barred; bill straight, very long. L. 11. W. 5. B. 

 2\. T. 2\. X. Am., abundant ; a favorite game bird. 



388. MACRORHAMPHUS Leach, (paxpos, long; pdficpos, 



beak.) 



757. M. griseus (Gmelin). Gray Snipe. Dowitcher. Black- vaa*a 

 ish and grayish ; breast rusty-red in summer ; bill long, nearly as 



in Gallinago. L. 11. W.5£. T. 2 J. E. X. Am., abundant 

 coastwise. 



389. MICROPALAMA Baird. (/xikoo'j, small ; Trdkap-r], palm.) 



758. M. himantopus (Bonaparte). Stilt Sandpiper. Black- 

 ish, marked with chestnut, etc. ; ashy gray in winter ; bill nearly as 

 in Gallinago. L. 9. W. 5. T. 1\. B.'lf. E. N. Am., not com- 

 mon. (Himantopus, the stilt.) 



