20 



B, Toes three (no hind toe), except Kittiwake (p. 51). 



Auks, Murres, etc. 



Fig. 12 MURRE 



p. 45. 



II. Feet Partly Webbed Webs reduced to scallops, bordering flaps, or 

 small webs at base of toes. Toes four, except as otherwise noted. 



C, Tarsus much flattened; webs as shown. 



Fig. 13 GREBE 



Grebes p. 42. 



D, Bill extending on forehead and forming 

 frontal plate. 



Coot. 



Fig. 14 COOT 



p. 93. 



E, Small birds; bill long and slender; 



toes three or four. 



f, Bill without hard terminal enlargement; 

 toes four, except Sanderling (p. 101). 



Shore Birds Phalaropes, Snipe, Sandpipers, Plover 



g, Bill with hard terminal enlargement; 

 toes three, except Black-bellied 

 Plover (p. 107). 



Plover. 



Fig. 16 KILLDEER PLOVER 



. . p. 107. 



