APPENDIX A 



eeee. Bill long and slender, legs long, feet un- 



webbed; length under 15 in. 

 f . Bill over 2 in. 



g. Tail barred with black Dowitcher. 

 gg. Tail black with rufous tip Wilson's Snipe, 

 ff. Bill under 1.5 in. 

 g. Tail with cross-bars, bill over 0.9 in. 

 h. Length 12 in. Upland Plover, 

 hh. Length under 9 in. 

 i. Above, spotted with white; below, 

 spotted with black Spotted Sand- 

 piper. 

 ii. Above, barred and below, streaked with, 



black Solitary Sandpiper. 

 gg. Tail without cross-bars, 

 h. Toes, 4 unwebbed Least Sandpiper, 

 hh. Toes, 4 partly webbed Semipalmated 



Sandpiper. 



hhh. Toes, 3 Sanderling. 

 bbb. Underparts not of uniform field but varying 



distinctly, either patched or shading. 

 c. Feathers of entire head, excepting neck, of one 



color. 



d. Head bright reddish-brown. 

 e. Line from crown to tip of bill almost straight 



Canvas Back, cf 



ee. Line from crown to tip of bill decidedly in- 

 dented at base Redhead, cf 

 dd. Head brown or grayish, not sharply contrasted 



to rest of body. 



e. Slightly crested Red-breasted Merganser. 

 ee. Not crested, 

 f. Line from crown to tip of bill nearly straight 



Canvas Back. 9 



ff. Line from crown to tip of bill decidedly in- 

 dented at base of bill Redhead. 9 

 ddd. Head dark green. 



e. Lower breast and belly unstreaked white, 

 f. Wing largely white; breast white Mergan- 

 ser. d 71 

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