FAMILY SCOLOPACID.K. SNTPK, SAXDPIPEKS, CURLKWS, ETC. 



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Top of head ;nKl nape, black ; general upper 

 plumacje, gloss)' black; front of head and fiout ol 

 neck, vunip, and uiiderpait?, white ; axillars, 

 white ; first primary, dark, with dark shaft ; 



le£^3, very loiij:;, rose pink in life: tiiil, nearly 

 straijjlit : toes, three. 



Iliiitiiiititiius m<'.n'c(nnis. Biack^necked Stilt. 



See Xo. 1S8. 



Ilimaiitopus inexicaiuis. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACID/E. 

 Snipe, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc. 



Tarsus, less than 3.50 inches ; toes, four (one exception, Sanderling 

 Sandpiper). 



t-^. 



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



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No web botween toes; belly, white. 



Triuiin minuii/hi. Least Sandpiper. 



See Xo. I'JG. 



For directions for measurement, see page o- 



