LimcoLM. 143 



Order LIMICOLiE. — The Shore Birds. 



(Page 2.) 

 Families. 



a 1 . Tarsus more than twice as long as middle toe, with claw ; naked portion of thigh 

 much longer than middle toe, with claw.... Recurvirostridae. (Page 146.) 

 a'. Tarsus less than twice as long as middle toe, with claw; naked portion of thigh 

 shorter than middle toe, with claw. 

 ft 1 . Claws normal. 



c l . Toes with distinct, usually scalloped, lateral membranes; tarsus ex- 

 tremely compressed Phalaropodidae. (Page 143.) 



c a . Toes without distinct lateral membranes ; tarsus not unusually com- 

 pressed. 

 <P. Front of tarsus covered by a continuous row of transverse scutellsB. 

 e 1 . Bill slender, with blunt and more or less rounded (sometimes 

 expanded) tip, the exposed culmen longer than middle toe 



without claw Scolopacidae. (Page 147.) 



&. Bill stout, culmen arched toward tip, its exposed portion 

 shorter than middle toe (without claw), or else pointed and 



wedge-shaped at tip Aphrizidae. (Page 179.) 



cP. Front of tarsus covered with small hexagonal or irregular 

 scales. 

 e 1 . Bill shorter than tarsus, not compressed, the anterior portion 

 of culmen more or less distinctly arched. 



Charadriidae. (Page 172.) 

 e 2 . Bill longer than tarsus, much compressed terminally, the 



culmen not arched Haematopodidae. (Page 181.) 



b*. Claws excessively lengthened, straight, and acute, that of the hind toe 

 longer than the toe itself. Jacanidae. (Page 183.) 



Family PHALAROPODID/E.— The Phalaropes. (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.) 



, 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 Phalaropus. (Page 144.) 



