176 KEY TO Till': WATER HIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Family PHALAROPODID^. Phalaropes. 



Crvmciihilus f ulicarius ( font 



ihiliis fuUcariiis. 



Length, 7.50: Wing, 440: IJill. .90: Tarsus. .85. 

 Upper parts gray ; neck marked witli rufous ; 

 under parts white. 



Phalaropus lobatus. 

 Northern Phalarope. See page 270 



Family RECURVIROSTRID.E. A\'(U-lts and Stilts. 



Recurvirostra americana. 



Lengtli. 17.50: Wing, S. 75: Tarsus, 3 70 : Bill. 3.60. 

 Bill curved upwards — very slender: middle 

 back, rump and belly white; legs bluish; head 

 and neck rufous in summer, gray in winter. 



Length, 15; Wing, S.75 ; Tarsus, 3.90: Bill, 2.60. 

 Forehead, bill straight : a spot behind the eye, 

 and under ijarts white: rest of head, back, and 

 wings black ; legs pink red. 



Recurvirostra americana. 

 American Avocet. See page 27 r 



Himantopus mexicanus. 

 Black-necked 3tilt. See page 272 



