FAMILY SCOLOPACID.E SNIPE, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, ETC. 10t 



Section 2. Toes, four, without web. 



Belly, white; bill, black. 



Tringa minutilla. Least Sandpiper. 



See No. 196. 



Tringa minutilla 



Section 3. Toes, three; bill, over .75 inches long. 



Belly, White ; basal half of outer webs of inner primaries, white ; back, mixed rufous, black 

 and white, or grayish brown, or entirely black (breeding), according to season ; bill, about one 

 inch long. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling Sandpiper. 



See No. 202. 



* Group 3. Wing, 4.50 to 5.50 inches long. 



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Section 1. Toes, four, a small web between toes; bill, 



under 1.75. 



Bill, under 1.75 ; tarsus, over 1.30. All other species in this section have the tarsus 

 less than 1.30. Micropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. 



See No. 190. 



Tarsus, under 1.30; back, dark olive spotted with white, or 

 brownish gray spotted with dull white, according to season. Axillars, 

 heavily barred ; a small web between the outer and middle loo. 



Totanus soUtarhts. Solitary Sandpiper. 

 See No. 209. 



Axillars. 

 Totauus solitariut. 



* For directions for measurement, see p:i#e 9 



