xl. 



a. Toes webbed at the base. 221. Semipalmated Plover. 



b. Toes not webbed at the base. 



(i). A continuous black breast band. 233. Belted Pipinjr Plover. 



(2). Black band interrupted on center of breast. 222. Piping Plover. 



Family 2. AphrizidaE. Turnstone. 



The single species found in Ohio is found along the shore of Lake Erie during the migraitions. 

 There it is found gleaning like the Killdeer at the water's edge or among the higher drift. 



^ 224. Turnstone. 



Family 3. ScoIvOPACIDAE. Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc. 



The birds comprising this group are for the most part inhabiters of wet places, probing in the 

 soft mud for worms and insects. Some species can move the tip of the bill independently of the rest 

 of the bill, and so are enabled to grasp the morsel of food under ground, or form a hook to draw 

 it out. Some are found on the uplands gleaning from the surface much like the Plovers. During 

 the nesting season many have what might be called songs if these birds belonged to the singers. 

 Many also have whistled calls during the migrations. All nest on the ground, 



I. Bill over 2 inches long. !; I I ' 



A. Bill over 5 inches long. 



B. Bill under 4.50. 



1. Bill curved downward. 



a. Bill about 3.75. 



b. Bill about 2.4a. 



2. Bill straight or curved upward. 



a. Bill over 3.00. 



(i). Upper tail-coverts white. 

 (2). Upper tail-coverts not white. 



b. Bill under 3.00. 



(l). Bill widened and pitted at the tip. 

 (a). Wing about S-7S- 

 (b). Wing about 6.00. 

 (2). Bill not widened at the tip. 

 (a). Wing over 7.50. 



(al). Axillars barred. 



(bl). AxiMars not barred, 

 (b). Wing under 6.00. 



(al). Axillars barred. 



(bl). Axillars not barred. 



II. Bill under 2.00. 



A. Toes 3. 



B. Toes 4. 



1. Tail barred. 



a. Wing under 4.50. 



b. Wing over 5.00. 

 (i). Wing over 6.00. 



(a). Tail feathers showii^g much white, 

 (b). Tail feathers without white. 

 (2). Wing under 5.50. 



(a). Upper parts spotted with white, 

 (b). Upper parts not spotted with white. 



2. Tail not barred. 



a. Bill over i.io. 



(i). Wing over 6.50. 

 (2). Wing about 6.00. 

 (3). Wing under 5.75. 

 (a). Tarsus over 1.50. 

 (b). Tarsus under 1.50. 

 (al). 'With white in the wing, 

 (bl). Without white in the wing. 

 . „,,('=^)- Without white in wing, belly with black. 



b. Bill under i.oo, 

 (t). Wing over 4.50. 



(a). Upper tail-coverts white, 

 (b). Upper tail-coverts fuscous. 

 (2). Wing under 4,00, 

 (a). Toes partly webbed, 

 (b). Toes not webbed. 



249. Long^billed Curlew. 



250. Hudsonian Curlew. 



251. Eskimo Curlew. 



240. Hudsonian Oodwit. 

 239. Marbled Qodwit. 



227. Dowitcher. 



228. Long^billed Dowitcher. 



241. Greater Yellow=legs. 

 244. Willet. 



226. Wilson Snipe. 



225. American Woodcock. 



238. Sanderling. 



248. Spotted Sandpiper. 



242. YelIow=legs. 



246. Bartramian Sandpiper. 



243. Solitary Sandpiper. 

 247- Buf¥=breasted Sandpiper. 



230. 

 245. 



Knot. 

 Ruff. 



229. Stilt Sandpiner. 



231. Purple Sandpiper. 



332. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



236. Red=backed Sandpiper. 



233- White-rumped Sandpiper. 



234. Baird Sandpiper. 



237. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



235. Least Sandpiper. 



