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liiwer rnther farther forward. Chin-feathers reachiiij,' to middle of nostril". Bill longer than liead ; 

 atmut ecjual to tarsus, whicli i.s more than one and one half times the middle toe. lioth toe.s webhed ; 

 the emargination of inner web as liir forward as the middle of basal joint of middle toe, the outer 



<S'. semipalmata. 



rcacliin;i nearly to the end. Bare portion of tibia rather less than middle toe without claw. Tail 

 nearly even, or little rounded, not half the wings. 



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Symphemia semipalmata. 



THE WILLET. 



Sc'^hpax semipalmata, Gmkl. S. X. 1. 17t>8, Ori'J. — Wii.s. Am. Oni. VII. 1813, 27, pi. 56, fig. 3. 

 Tolanus scmipalmotus, Tk.mm. JIan. Orn. II. 1S2S, 037. — Sw. & Rich. V. ]). A. II. 1S31, 3S8, jil. 



07. — Am. Oni. Hiog. III. 1835, 510 ; V. 1831), 5S5, pi. 274 ; Syiiop. 1831), 215 ; B. Ani.V. 1842, 



324, pi. 347. — CoUKs, Koy, 1872, 258 ; fhocl< List, 1873, no. 431 ; Birds X. W. 1874, 494. 

 Totatitis (Catoptrophorus) scmipalmafttn, I.onai'. Syiinp. 1S28, 328. — Nurr. JIan. II. 1834, 144. 

 Siimp/icmia semipalmata, Hm'.ti,. liiv. Zool. 1S45, 342. — Cass, in Bainl's 15. X. Am. 1858, 729. — 



Baiup, Cat. X. Am. !>. 1859, no. 037. — Itmow. X'om. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 552. — Coues, Check 



List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 032. 

 Toliintis crassirostrin, A'ikili.. Xouv. Diet. 1810, 400. 

 Sijmphtmia athiniica, Kafixkscji'i:, .Tom-. Phy.s. Ixxxviii. 1S19, 417. 

 Totanus specidifcrus, CrviEi:, Ri'g. An. I. 1817, 351. 



Hah. Temperate North America, south to Brazil ; We.st Indies. Accidental in Europe. 



Sr. Chak. Largest of American Scolopacidiv, except genera Nunicmus and Limnsa. Primarie.s 

 black, with nearly the basal half white, producing a very conspicuous jialch on the spread wing. 

 Summir adult : Above, liglit brownish gray, streaked on head and neck, and spotted and barred 

 till tlie back, etc., witli blackisli ; beneath, white, tinged with ashy on foreneck and with buff along 

 sides, the former, with jugulum, spotted witli du.sky, and the latter barred with the same ; upper 

 tail-coverts white ; tail ashy, more or less distinctly mottled transversely with a deeper shade of 

 the same ; wing-coverts plain ash-gray ; axillars and lining of wing plain sooty black. If'inter 

 plumage : Above, plain ash-gray ; beneath, imnuiculate dull white, the foreneck shaded with 

 grayish. Young : Above, brownish gray, the feathers margined with pale ochraceous ; sides much 

 tinged with the same, and finely mottled transvereely with grayish. Bill black ; legs and feet 



