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KEY TO THE SHORE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



GROUP V. 



Birds having wings from 6.75 to 9 inches long. 



Section 1. Toes, 4, with more or less web; bill, curved 

 upwards or straight; bill, over 2.60. 



A \illars, white; belly, 

 white; first primary, 

 dark with dark shaft; 



top of he:id and nape, 

 not black; bill, curved 

 upward. 



American avocet. 



liecurvirostra americana. 

 See page 35. 



Axillars, white ; belly, white; first 

 primary, dark, with dark shaft; 



legs, very long, rose pink in life ; 

 bill, nearly straight; top of head 

 and nape, black. 



Black-necked Stilt. 



Himantopus mexicanus. 

 See page 37. 



Recurvirostra americana. 



lliinnntopuB mexicanus. 



Syni]ihciiiia wemipalmata. 



Axillars, smoky black; belly, white; terminal third 

 of outer primary, black; the rest, white; bill, neai'ly 

 straight. 



Willet (Symphrmia semipalmat<i) and Western Willet 



(Symjihemfa semipalmata inornata). 



See page 60. 



