FAMILY SCOLOPACri).*: SXII'E, SANDPIPERS, CURLF;WS, ETC. lO'.l 



Section 2, Toes, four, without web. 



Belly, white ; bill, black. 



Triruja minutilla. Least Sandpiper. 



See No. 106. 



Trinj^a minutilla 



Section 3. Toes, three; bill, over .75 inches long. 



Belly, white ; basal half of outer webs of inner primaries, white ; back, mixed rufous, black 

 and white, or grayish brown, or entirely l)lack (Ijrecding), according to season ; liill, aliout one 

 inch long. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling Sandpiper. 



See No. 202. 



* Group 3. Wing, 4.50 to 5.50 inches long. 



Section 1. Toes, four, a small web between toes; bill, 



under 1.75. 



Bill, under 1.75 ; tarsus, over 1.30. All other species in this section have the tarsus 

 less than 1..30. Micropalamn liinumUipns. Stilt Sandpiper. 



See No. 100. 

 Tarsus, under 1.30; liack, dark olive spotted with white, or 

 ^ lii-ownish gray spotted with dull wliite, according to season. Axillars, 

 ' "* heavily barred ; a small web between the outer and middle loc. 

 AxillaiB. Totamis soUtnriiis. Solitary Sandpiper. 



Totauus solita^i^I^;. ^,,^i y,^^ .20;) 



* For directions for nie:isuremcnt, see p:i,i;c !i 



