FAMILY SCOLOl'ACID.K SMIM;, SANDrH'KlIS, (TIM.KWS, hVVC, 



10: 1 



Section 2. Toes, four, without web. 



Belly, whitt-; hill, black. 



Triufja mi)nUilJ<i. Least Sandpiper. 



Sec No. r.Xi. 



TriiiLra iiiinutilla 



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



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

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

 inch long. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling Sandpiper. 



See Xo. 202. 



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



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



under 1.75. 



Bill, under 1.75; tarsus, over 1.30. AIJ other species in this section liavc the tarsus 

 less tlian l.;W. Micropulmnn himanto'pns. Stilt Sandpiper. 



See No. I'JO. 

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

 iMownish gray spottcil with dull white, according to season. Axillars, 

 heavily barred ; a small web between the outei- and middle toe. 

 Axillars. Totnnm Sol it (trill. •<. Solitary Sandpiper. 



Totauu.-; solitaiiiu-. ^ ^(>p \^-f,_ OO'.I. 



For directions for measureraciit, see pu^c 9 



