INDEX TO KEY. 



ORDER LIMICOLvE. 



SHORE BIRDS. 

 Hind toe, when present, always elevated above level of front toes. 



Family PHALAROPODID^. Phalaropes. 



Sides of toes with rounded lobes or narrow webs. See page 93. 



Family RECURVIROSTRID.^. 



and Stilts. 



Avocets 



Toes, more or less webbed (not lobate) ; tarsus, over 3.50 ; bill curved upward 

 or straight. See page 95. 



Family SCOLOPACIDv^. 



SNIPE, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, WOODCOCK, GODWITS, 

 WILLETS, ETC. 



Tarsus, less than 3.50 inches long; sides of toes, without lobate webs; toes, 

 four (one exception, the Sanderling) ; front of tarsus, with transverse 

 scales. 



Group i . Birds having wings from 3 . 2 5 to 3 . 7 5 inches long 

 Group 2. Birds having wings from 3.75 to 4 . 50 inches long 

 Section i. Toes, four, with small web (not lobate at base). 

 Section 2. Toes, four, without web 

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

 Group 3. Birds having wings from 4. 50 to s . 50 inches long 

 Section i. Toes, four, a sraall web between toes; bill, less 



than -75 . 

 Section 2. Toes, four, a small web between outer and middle 



toes; bill, over 1.75 

 Section 3. Toes, four, without web; bill, over ■> inches long 

 Section 4. Toes, four, without web; bill, over i . 10 and 



less than i . go 

 Section 5. Toes, four, without web; bill, under 1. 10 

 Section 6. Toes, three; bill, over .60 inch long 



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