LIMICOLZ. 143 
Orver LIMICOL.—Tue Suore Birps. 
(Page 2.) 
Families. 
a’. Tarsus more than twice as long as middle toe, with claw; naked portion of thigh 
much longer than middle toe, with claw.... Recurvirestride. (Page 146.) 
a’. Tarsus less than twice as long as middle toe, with claw; naked portion of thigh 
shorter than middle toe, with claw. 
b}. Claws normal. 
c. Toes with distinct, usually scalloped, lateral membranes; tarsus ex- 
tremely compressed ........sceeceeeeeres Phalaropodidz. (Page 143.) 
c. Toes without distinct lateral membranes; tarsus not unusually com- 
pressed. 
d', Front of tarsus covered by a continuous row of transverse scutelle. 
é. Bill slender, with blunt and more or less rounded (sometimes 
expanded) tip, the exposed culmen longer than middle toe 
Without Claw.....cecccesseseesees Scolopacide. (Page 147.) 
e*. Bill stout, culmen arched toward tip, its exposed portion 
shorter than middle toe (without claw), or else pointed and 
wedge-shaped at tip.......ceceeeees Aphrizidz. (Page 179.) 
d@, Front of tarsus covered with small hexagonal or irregular 
scales. 
é. Bill shorter than tarsus, not compressed, the anterior portion 
of culmen more or less distinctly arched. 
: Charadriide. (Page 172) 
é. Bill longer than tarsus, much compressed terminally, the 
culmen not arched......... Hematopodidz. (Page 181.) 
B. Claws excessively lengthened, straight, and acute, that of the hind toe 
longer than the toe itselfi....cesssesseereesseeeees Jacanidz. (Page 183.) 
Famity PHALAROPODIDZE.—Tue Puatarores. (Page 143.) 
Genera. 
@. Bill broad, flattened, somewhat widened toward end; nostrils separated from 
loral feathers by a space equal to the depth of the upper mandible at base. 
Crymophilus. (Page 144.) 
a?, Bill slender, nearly cylindrical, not perceptibly widened toward end; nostrils 
separated from loral feathers by a space equal to much less than the depth 
of the upper mandible at the base........sessereee Phalaropus. (Page 144.) 
