LIMICOLM. 143 



ORDER LIMICOL^E. THE SHORE BIRDS. 



(Page 2.) 



Families. 



a 1 . Tarsus more than twice as long as middle toe, with claw ; naked portion of thigh 



much longer than middle toe, with claw.... Recurvirostridae. (Page 146.) 



a*. Tarsus less than twice as long as middle toe, with claw; naked portion of thigh 



shorter than middle toe, with claw. 

 b l . Claws normal. 



c 1 . Toes with distinct, usually scalloped, lateral membranes; tarsus ex- 

 tremely compressed Phalaropodidse. (Page 143.) 



c 2 . Toes without distinct lateral membranes ; tarsus not unusually com- 

 pressed. 



d 1 . Front of tarsus covered by a continuous row of transverse scutellaa. 



e l . Bill slender, with blunt and more or less rounded (sometimes 



expanded) tip, the exposed culmen longer than middle toe 



without claw Scolopacidae. (Page 147.) 



e 2 . Bill stout, culmen arched toward tip, its exposed portion 

 shorter than middle toe (without claw), or else pointed and 



wedge-shaped at tip Aphrizidae. (Page 179.) 



d 2 . Front of tarsus covered with small hexagonal or irregular 



scales. 



e l . Bill shorter than tarsus, not compressed, the anterior portion 

 of culmen more or less distinctly arched. 



Charadriidae. (Page 172.) 

 e 2 . Bill longer than tarsus, much compressed terminally, the 



culmen not arched Haematopodidae. (Page 181.) 



> 2 . Claws excessively lengthened, straight, and acute, that of the hind toe 

 longer than the toe itself. Jacanidae. (Page 183.) 



FAMILY PHALAROPODIDSE. THE PHALAROPES. (Page 143.) 



Genera. 



a 1 . Bill broad, flattened, somewhat widened toward end ; nostrils separated from 

 loral feathers by a space equal to the depth of the upper mandible at base. 



Crymophilus. (Page 144.) 



a 2 . Bill slender, nearly cylindrical, not perceptibly widened toward end ; nostrils 

 separated from loral feathers by a space equal to much less than the depth 

 of the upper mandible at the base Phalaropus. (Page 144.) 



