236 KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



G. Wing, 7J-8J; bill, 2^-3^ long, and bent upward toward tip;' 



rump and tail black, upper tail coverts white between 



18. Hudsonian Godwit. 



G. Bill not over 2| long and not conspicuously bent upward, usually 

 straight. (H.) 

 H. Wing with a large white patch at the base of the otherwise black 



primaries ; axillars ^ black 22. Willet. 



H. Wing without white patch ; axillars barred. (I.) 

 I. Wing, 7-8 ; bill, 2-2J. 



— Upper tail coverts slightly, and tail heavily, barred 



19. Greater Yellow-legs. 



— Lower back and rump white ; tail slightly barred. Green-shank 

 (253. TOtanus nehularius) of the Old World has been found in 

 Florida. 



I. Wing, 6-7 ; bill, 1 J-2 ; legs yellow in life 20. Yellow-legs. 



I. Wing, 4J-5J ; bill, 1-lJ ; legs dusky in life. 21. Solitary Sandpiper. 

 J. Inner web of the outer primary beautifully speckled with blackish. , 



25. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



J. Inner web not mottled. (K.) 

 K. Wing over 6 ; middle pair of tail feathers not lengthened. .6. Knot. 

 K. Wing under 6 ; middle pair of tail feathers acute and abruptly 

 lengthened. 2 (L.) 

 L. Bill, J inch longer than tarsus. (N.) 



L. Bill not over \ inch longer than tarsus, in most species no longer. (M. ) 

 M. Wing, 5-5} ; bill, 1-lJ- ; middle upper tail coverts black slightly 



margined with reddish 8. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



M. Wing, 4|-5^ ; middle upper tail coverts white 



9. White-rumped Sandpiper. 



M. Wing, i\-i.l ; middle upper tail coverts fuscous 



10. Baird's Sandpiper. 



M. Wing, 3-4 ; tarsus about | 11. Least Sandpiper. 



N. Middle upper tail coverts unbarred, black or blackish ; bill about 



straight ., 7. Purple Sandpiper. 



N. Middle upper tail coverts unbarred, dusky, or grayish ; bill straight 



to about the middle and then curved downward ■• 



12. Red-backed Sandpiper. 



N. Middle upper tail coverts mainly white ; bill somewhat curved down- 

 ward throughout its length ^ 13. Curlew Sandpiper. 



0. Tibia naked at the joint ; crown striped lengthwise ; outer web of 



the primaries without bars 2. Wilson's Snipe. 



0. Tibia entirely feathered ; crown banded crosswise. . .1. Woodcock. 



