SCOLOPACID.'E — THE SNIPE FAMILY. 



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21. EurynorhynchuB. Size small (auiong the smallest of the family) ; bill widely expanded 



laterally at. the end ; otherwise, much as in Adodromas. 



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22. Numenius. Size lai-ge to very large (wing 8 inches or more) ; bill long (much longer 



than tarsus), decidedly decurved or arched. 



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Arquatella. Tarsus shorter tliuii iIk; middle toe and claw ; toua slender, the middle two 

 thiids to three fourths as long as the bill ; bill slender, much compressed, straight, or 

 very slightly decurved at tlie end ; si/.e medium (wing less than (!.()()). 

 Actodromaa. Tarsus ahdul e(iuul to tlu' bill ; IjIII straight, moderately slender ; toes 



slender, tlii^ middle one decidedly .shorter than tlie tarsus ; size medium to very small. 

 Pelidna. Hill very long (nearly as hmg as the tarsus and middle toe), <lecidedly decurved 

 teriuinally ; toes slender, the middUt inu: deeidedly shorter than the tarsus. 

 1." No hind toe. 

 11. Calidris. .Size rather small ; liill short, straight, expanded at end. 

 c. Feathers of foreheiid not leaching to nostril ; a w.-ii between outer and middle toes at base 

 (between all in Siimphrmid). 

 ■2.' (!iipe not extending bi'hinil the base of the culmen. 

 \-2. Limosa. Size large (wing H.OO or more) ; bill nnich longer than tarsus, tapering toward 

 the end, where slightly but decidedly upturned, the lateral groove e.xtending nearly to 

 the til). 

 2." Gapi^ extending decidedly behind the base of the culmen. 

 3.' Lateral groove of the maxilla e.xtending scarcely more than half way to end of bill. 

 4.' Hack of tarsus covered with transverse .scutella-, as in front. 



13. Totanua. No web between imier and niiildle toes ; middle toe not mon; than 



half as long as tarsus ; size medium to large (but wing always less than 8 inches). 



14. Rbyacopbilua. Similar to Tolniiiin, hnt miildlc toe nearly as long as tarsu.s. 



15. Symphemia. A well-(level()peil web between base of inner and middle toes; a 



lai'gi^ white p.atch on base of primaries ; size large (wing more than 8 inches). 

 4." P)ack of tarsus covered with small roundi.sli scales. 



Hi. Heteroacelua. No web between base of inner and middle toes ; size medium (wing 

 less than 8 inches). 

 3." Lateral groove of maxilla extending nearly to tip of bill. 



17. Machetes. Size large (wing 7 inches or more) ; tail ."^hort (less than half the 



wing), rounded. Ailiilt $ with the neck ruffed, and anterior portion of head 

 bari'. 



18. Bartramia. Size large (wing nearly 7 inches) ; tail lengthened (more than half 



the wing), graduated. Adult $ witiiout rufl", the anterior part of the head nor- 

 mally feathered. 



19. Tringoidea. Size small (wing less than 4.5(1) ; tail rather lengthened (more than 



half th(! wing), graduated. 

 (/. Feathers of the forehead reaching to and partly enclosing the nostril ; anterior toes all cleft at 

 the base. 

 20. Tryngitea. Size small (a little larger than Tringoides) ; bill small and slender (shorter 

 than the head, id^out equal to the middle toe), the lateral groove reaching nearly to the 

 tip ; gape reaching back of the base of the culmen ; middle toe more than half as long 

 as the tarsus ; inner webs of ipiills and under primary-coverts beautifully speckled. 



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