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



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* Group 5. Wing, 6 75 to 9 inches long. 



Section 1. Toes, four, with more or less web; bill, curved 

 upwards or straight ; bill, over 2.60. 



Willet. 



Axillars, dark gray, or sooty 

 gray; belly, grayish white; fir&t 

 primary, dark slaty brown with 

 white shaft; bill, curved upward ; 

 upper tail coverts mostly white. 

 Limosa hwmasticn. 



Hudsonian Qodwit. 

 Seo No. 204. 



Symphemia semipalmata. 



Axillars, smoky black ; belly, white ; termi- 

 nal third of outer primary, black; the rest, white; 

 bill, nearly straight. 



fiymphemia semipalmata. Willet. 

 ia semipalmata inornata. 



Western Willet. 

 See Nos. 211 and 212. 



Hudsonian Godwit. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



