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Family SCOLOPACID-ffi — Snipes, Sandpipers, Etc. 



1. Bill long and much decurved; tarsi sealed in front only; reticulate 



behind. (2) 



I. Bill not strongly decurved; tarsi scuteljate both in front and behind. . (3) 



2. Bill over 4 J inches long Long-billed Curlew. 



2. Bill under 4£ inches, but over 3 inches long Hudsonian Curlew. 



2. Bill under 3 inches long Eskimo Curlew. 



3. Toes three, the hind toe wanting Sanderling. 



3. Toes four, the hind toe present (4) 



4. Eyes back of middle of head; bill twice as long as tarsus (5) 



4. Eyes not back of middle of head ; bill not twice as long as tarsus. (6) 

 5. Crown banded crosswise; axillars not barred; tibiae entirely feathered. 



Woodcock. 



5. Crown striped lengthwise; axillars barred; joint of tibise naked. . . . 



Wilson Snipe. 



6. Front toes with at least one distinct web (7) 



6. Front toes not distinctly webbed (19) 



7. Bill slightly curved upward at tip (8) 



7. Bill straight throughout, or .curved slightly downward (9) 



8. Bill 3£ to 5£ inches long; rump and upper tail-coverts barred 

 with brown Marbled Godwit. 



8. Bill 2J to 3J inches long; rump and tail black, with white upper 



tail-coverts Hudsonian Godwit. 



9. Axillars barred with black (10) 



9. Axillars not barred (13) 



10. Legs yellow (11) 



10. Legs blackish (12) 



II. Wing over 1\ inches long Greater Yellow-legs. 



11. Wing under 7 inches long Yellow-legs. 



12. Bill averaging under 2 J inches long Dowitcher. 



12. Bill averaging over 2 J inches long Long-billed Dowitcher. 



13. Bill over 2 inches long Western Willet. 



13. Bill under 2 inches long (14) 



14. Tail with cross-bars (15) 



14. Tail without cross-bars (17) 



15. Wing over 5J inches long Bartramian Sandpiper. 



15. Wing under 5| inches long . (16) 



16. Upper parts brownish gray, barred with blackish; under 



parts spotted Spotted Sandpiper. 



16. Upper parts fuscous, spotted with white. . . .Solitary Sandpiper. 



16. Upper parts fuscous, spotted with buffy, inner margin of outer 



primary, speckled black and white .... Western Solitary Sandpiper. 



17. Bill over 1^ inches long Stilt Sandpiper. 



17. Bill under l^ inches long (18) 



18. Bill I to I of an inch long Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



18. Bill £ of an inch to 1J inches long Western Sandpiper. 



