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KEY TO THK UIUDS OF EASTKKN NOKTH AMERICA. 



* Group 4. Wing, 5.50 to 6.75 inches long. 



Section 1. Toes, four, a small web between outer and 

 middle toe; bill, over 1.80. 



rppcr t;iil coverls iiiid nxilhiis, whitts, spotted or l)arrt'(l with 

 dusky ; liill, nearly straight. 



Mdrriirhumphna (jrisrn.s. Red°=breasted Snipe, or Dowitcher. 



See Xo. ISS. 



Macrorhuniphas scolopaccKs. Western Red=breasted Snipe, or 



Long=billed Dowitcher. 



Ma<-n.rli.imi)liim griscus. ^^'^ ^^^- ^'^^• 



Section 2. Toes, four, a small web between outer and 

 middle toe; bill, under 1.80. 



Tarsus and middle toe together, more tliaii 2. CO iiich(>s loiij;: 

 outer ]ii-iinary, slate hrowii, without bars : nuiip and upper tail coverts, 

 white, more or less barred with brow ii ; legs, yellow. 

 " Tolaiins n-ijics. Summer Yellow=leg. 



See No. 208. 



'I'lilMiiutf tliivipos. 



Stilt .Sandijiper. 



'i'arsus and middh; toe, toj^ether, less than 2.(10; ii/i/icr hill mvcrts^ vihitr^ or mhitc Imrrcd ivith 

 hinck ; outer primary, slate brown, without bars. 



MirniiKiliuiiii liiiiianlopus. Stilt Sandpiper. 

 See No. 190. 



* For i1ire(tli<)iis for iiieiisurciin'iit, see page !). 



