TO FA.MIUKS. 



a 



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Order IX. UmicoUe, I'M M AROPES, SNIPE*, PLOVERS, etc. 



Tow four. or i I'lover* three; tin- hind toe, when present, less than half 

 the length of the inner one, and always elevated above the others; leg* 

 generally long and Blender, the lower half of the tibia bare ; bill, except 

 in the Plovers, generally long, slender, and soft, tin- noatrils opening 

 through slit* or groove*; wings long and pointed, the first primary gen- 

 erally the longest. 



Fio. 90. 

 Family Ktcurrirottrida: STILTS and Avocrra, 



L Tarsus over 8-50. 



p. 149. 

 II. Tarsus under 8-50. 



A. Sides of the toes with lobes or webs. . . 

 I'M \LAROPES (Fig. 28, a), p. 147. 



B. Sides of the toes without lobed webs. 



a. Toes four (except in the Sandcrlim;>; 

 transverse, more or less square, scale*. 



> >, SAMH-IPKRK, etc. i. Fig. 2.1, a, b\ 



b. Whole lower back white, a black band acroM the rump. 

 Family Apkrixida: TI-RX*TIXES, etc., p. 174. 



e. Toes three (except in the Black- bellied 

 tarsus with small, rounded scales. 



c. Bill uuder2iM>. . . . Family / Aanj./n'i'./.r : PLOVERS (Fig. 25, 

 . Fi k '. -."-.../. ...p. 171. 



<*. Bill over ."<. VvM\\\ylI*matopodid*i 



p. 1 



Fiimily 



front of the tarsus with 

 . . Family StolopatMa: 

 Fig. 26, A, c). p. 150. 



front of the 



