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Bill, flat, paddle shaped at the end; toes, four, 

 /,:_ all on same level; wing (carpus to tip), over 

 twelve inches long. 



Family PLATALEID^. Spoonbills. 

 See page 75. 



GROUP •"). Toes, three, full webbed; no hind toe. 



Nostrils, separate, not opening into one double-barrelled tube 

 upper mandible, curved near tip; bill, yellowish, or greenish yellow 

 an indication of a hind toe, in the form of a small 

 knob without nail; tail, entirely white, or white 

 with black band near tip. This is the only North 

 American gull lacking a hind toe. 



Family LARIDiE. Rissa tridactyla. 

 Kittiwake Gull. 

 See page 44. 



Murre. 



Legs placed far back near the tail; bill, black or brownish; wing, 

 over 6.50 inches long, carpus (bend of wing) to tip. 



Family ALCID.^. Auks and Murres. 

 See page 39. 



Size, small; tail, very short; bill, black or 

 brownish; wing, less than 6.50 inches long. 



Family ALCID^E. Murrelet, Dovekies, etc. 



See page 39. 



