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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Genus MICROPALAMA Baird. 



MICROPALAMA HIMANTOPUS {Bonap.). 



Stilt Sandpiper. 



Adult in suiniiicr: Legs long; entire plumage dull 

 white and dark brown, being banded on the under parts 

 with dark brown and the upper parts streaked with dark 

 brown ; a stripe of chestnut brown above and below the eye, the former 

 r^* extending backwards and joining at the occiput ; secondaries edged with 



tawny brown. 



Adult in winter : Upper plumage gray; feathers on the back edged 

 with white : breast pale buff slightly mottled, shading into dull white on 

 the upper throat ; belly duli white ; bill black. 



Length, 8.20; Wing. 5 ; Tarsus, 1.65; Bill, 1.60. 



This species ranges from the Arctic Circle to South America, being 

 abundant on the Atlantic coast during the migrations ; it is common in Flor- 

 ida. It has the general appearance of a very diminutive Summer Yellow- 

 legs, having olive green legs instead of yellow. 



It breeds in the far north; the eggs are pale buffy white, spotted with 

 brow^n. 



Genus TRINGA Linn. 



Subgenus TRINGA. 



TRINGA CANUTUS Linn. 



Knot. Robin Snipe. 



regions. 



f(^) Male in summer: LInder parts except lower 



belly reddish brown; lower belly white; a stripe 

 of reddish brown over the eye ; back and wing 

 coverts mottled gray, black and tawny. 



Adnlt in winter: Entire upper parts ashy gray ; 



the shafts of the feathers on the back showing dark 



l^rovvn; a superciliary stripe, dull white; throat 



^^"^ white; breast showing slight gray marking; belly 



white : legs black ; bill black. 



Length, 10.60; Wing, 6.70: Tarsus, 1.25 ; Bill, 1.30. 



This species breeds in the Arctic 



occurring on the Atlantic coast during migrations ; it is common 



