SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 
Family 25. AYOCETS AND STILTS. RECURVIROSTRIDA. 
Long legged, wading Snipe; in Avocets toes four, front three webbed; bill recurved; 
in Stilts toes three, almost unwebbed; bill straight. 
HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 
Family 26. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, ETC. SCOLOPACIDZ. 
Toes usually four; tarsus with transverse scales; bill generally long, slender, and soft, 
used as a probe. 
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