SCOLOPAQIR^. — ^LV. 1^5 



tfi. Cnljnen imfurrowed ; length more than 13. 



LmoBA, 9. 

 &&. Gape reaching beyond base of culmen. 



d. Length more than 9. 

 e. Bill longer than head. . . . Totahus, 10. 

 ee. Bill not longer than head. 

 /. Tail more than half the length of wing. 



ACTITXJBUS, 13. 



ff. Tail less than half the length of wing. 



Philomachus, 13. 

 dd. Length less than 9; second toe miwebbed. 



g. Bill grooved nearly to tip ; back not speckled with 

 white ; adult with black spots below. 



TaraaoiDES, 11. 

 gg. Bill grooved about half way to tip ; back speckled 

 with white, not spotted below. . Totahus, 10. 

 aa. Tail not barred. 

 h. One minute web ; primaries mottled with black. 



Tettngites, 14. 

 Kh. Feet with two plain webs. 



i. Bill about as long as head. . . Eebitnetes, 6. 



ii. Bill much longer than head. . Micbofalaua, 5. 



fl: Toes not webbed at all. 



j. First primary attenuate; bill straight, longer than head; 



culmen grooved Soolopax, 3. 



jj. First three primaries attenuate; bill as in Seolopax. 



Philohela, L 

 jijj. Primaries .not, attenuate. 



k. Bill straight, about twice as long as head. 



Gailinago, 3. 



kk. Bill straight, much shorter than head ; primaries 



mottled with black. • . • Tbtngites, 14. 



Jdck. All other Sandpipers. . . . Tringa, 7. 



/, PHILOHELA, Gray. Ambeican Woodcocks. 

 1, P. minor, (Gm,) Gray. Ambeican WoopoocK. 



