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GROUP 6. 



Toes, three; a small web between toes, or, entirely 

 without web. 



Bill, slender; yv'mg, about 5 inches; bill, about one inch; this is the onlj- represen- 

 tative of this family with three toes, all others have four; tarsus, less than 1.50 inches lou^. 

 Family SCOLOPACID/E. {Calidris arenaria.) Sanderling. Sandpiper. 



See paii'e 107. 



Toes, three, paitiy weljbed; tarsus, over '^ inelies lonij; o-enpral pluma.ije, black and 

 white; le^s, pink red in life. Family RECURVIROSTRID/C. Stilts. 



See pag'e lOG. 



