A FIELD GUIDE IN NATURE-STUDY 



American Avocet 



Greater Yellowlegs 



Western Willet 



moist 



head 

 breast 



YY Bill considerably over i in. 



a Bill very long, over 2 in. ; con- 

 siderably longer than head 

 o Bill upturned decidedly 

 oo Bill not upturned 

 x Legs yellow 

 xx Legs not yellow 



y Gray birds, under 



parts white; shores 

 yy Brown birds, under 

 parts brown; 

 woods 



2 Back and 

 streaked; 

 spotted 



zz Back and head not 

 streaked; breast 

 brown, plain 

 aa Bill less than 2 in. 



o Seen in dry fields ; 12 in.; legs 



yellow 

 oo Not seen in dry fields 



x Legs yellow 

 xx Legs not yellow 



y Throat unstreaked; 

 unspotted 



2 Breast rufous; a 

 dark band down 

 side of neck 

 female 

 22 Breast white, 



also throat 



yy Throat streaked 

 spotted 

 2 Throat rufous, 



spotted 



22 Throat not rufous 



| Throat white, 



spotted, as also 



breast 



Jt Throat striped 



Back red; 



belly black 



Red-backed. Sandpiper 



Wilson's Snipe 



Woodcock 



Upland Plover 

 Lesser Yellowlegs 



n 



as 



or 



Wilson's Phalarope 



Sanderling 



Sanderling 



Spotted Sandpiper 



