FAMILY SCOLOPACIDjE. SNIPE, SANnPIPERS, OtJRLEWS, ETC. 



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Top of head and nape, black ; general upper /^ 

 plumage, glossj' black ; front of head and front of 

 neck, rump, and underparts, white ; axillars, 

 white ; first primary, dark, witli dark shaft ; 

 legs, very long, rose jiink in life; bill, nearly 

 straight ; toes, three. 



Himantopns mcxicmnm. Biack°necked Stilt. 

 See Xo. 183. 



Ilimantopus mexicaniis 



FAMILY SCOLOPACID^. 



Snipe, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc. 



Tarsus, less than 3.50 inches ; toes, four (one exception, Sanderling 

 Sandpiper), 



* Group 1. Wing, from 3.25 to 3.75 inches long. 



■**-i'«r%»f: •.-, 



No web between toes; belly, white. 



Triiif^a nniurtilla. 



Trivija mimitilln. Least Sandpiper. 



See No. 196. 



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