FAMILY SCOLOPACID^E. SNIPE, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, ETC. 107 



Top of head and nape, black ; general upper 

 plumage, glossy black ; front of head and frout of 

 neck, rump, and underparts, white ; axillars, 

 white ; first primary, dark, with dark shaft ; 

 legs, very long, rose pink 'in life; bill, nearly 

 straight; toes, three. 



Himantopus mexicamis. Black-necked Stilt. 

 See No. 183. 



Himantopus mexicanus. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACID^E. 

 Snipe, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc. 



Tarsus, less than 3,50 inches; toes, four (one exception, Sanderling 

 Sandpiper). 



* Group 1. Wing, from 3.25 to 3.75 inches long. 



No web between toes; belly, white. 



Tringa minutilla. 



Tringa mimitilla. Least Sandpiper. 



See No. 196. 



* For directions for measurement, eee page 9. 



