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Back, grayish, marked with chestnut brown; belly, 

 white; bill, over 1.05 ; tarsus, over 1. 



Wilson's Phalarope. 



Phalaropus tricolor, female. 

 See page 34. 



Phalaropus tricolor. 



Buck, grayish, mottled with dusky or whitish ; bill, over 1.05 ; tarsus, over 1 inch. 



Wilson's Phalarope. 



Phalaropus tricolor, male. 

 See page 34. 



Section 2. Toes, 4, a small web between outer and 

 middle toes; bill, over 1.75. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. Macrorhamphus griseus. 



Bill, over 1 .75. Axillars, white, barred with dark brown ; rump and tail, white, 

 spotted and banded with black. 



Dowitcher, Red-breasted Snipe. 



Macrorhamphus yriseus, 



and 



Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. 



See page 41. 



Section 3. Toes, 4, without webs ; bill, over 2 inches long. 



Axillars, rufous brown, without bars; belly, buff color. Woodcock. 



Philohfla minor. 

 See page 38. 



Axillars, barred black and white ; belly, white ; upper 

 tail coverts and tail, tawny, more or less marked with 

 black. 



Wilson's Snipe. 

 Jack Snipe. 

 Gallinarjo delicata. 

 Gallinago delicata, See P a e 39 - 



