176 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
Famity PHALAROPODIDA. PHALarRopEs. 
Crymophilus fulicarius (foot ). 
Crymophilus fulicarius. 
Length, 7.50; Wing, 4.40; Bill, .90; ‘Tarsus, .85. 
Upper parts gray; neck marked with rufous; 
under parts white. Phalaropus lobatus. 
Northern Phalarope. See page 270 
Famity RECURVIROSTRIDX. Avocets anp STILts. 
Recurvirostra americana. 
Length, 17.50; Wing, 8.75; Tarsus, 3 70; Lill, 3.60. 
Bill curved upwards —very slender; middle 
back, rump and belly white; legs bluish; head 
and neck rufous in summer, gray in winter. Recurvirostra americana. 
American Avocet. See page 271 
Length, 15; Wing, 8.75; Tarsus, 3.90; Bill, 2.60. 
Forehead, bill straight; a spot behind the eye, 
and under parts white; rest of head, back, and 
wings black ; lees pink red. Himantopus mexicanus. 
Black-necked Stilt. See page 272 
