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KEV TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMEEICAo 



FAMILY RECURV[ROSTRID>E. 

 Avocets and Stilts. 



Tarsus over 3.50 inches ; bill, curved upward or straight. 



SHIt. 



Ilciid and iioek, pale rufous (sum- 

 mer) ; white or gi-.-iyish (whiter): 

 hack and tail, wliite ; axillars, white • 

 helly, wliite; first primary, dark 

 with dark shaft; bill, curved up- 

 ward; toes, four. 



lii'cnnnrostm ameriania. 

 American Avocet. 

 See No. 182. 



Re<'Ui-\ir-nstr;i nine: ic;ili;i. 



