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Famity SCOLOPACID/E. Swipes, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS. 
Philohela minor. 
Length under 13; wing under 7; bill over 2; toes four in number. 
Length, 11; Wing, 5.50: Bill, 2.70; Tarsus, 1.25. 
Under parts rufous brown; three outer prima- 
ries attenuated ; fourth and fifth primaries longest. 
Length, 11; Wing, 5.35; Tail, 2.25; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill 
2.60. Throat whitish; belly white; under tail 
coverts barred with black; no wed be/ween toes. 
Length, 10.50: Wing, 5.50; Tarsus, 1.35: Bill, 2 40. 
Tail and tail coverts barred with black; a very 
small web between the inner toes. 
Length, 10.78; Wing, 5.75; Tarsus, 1.50; Bill, 2.65. 
Resembling preceding species, but somewhat 
larger; bill longer. 
Philohela minor. 
American Woodcock. 
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Gallinago delicata. 
Wilson’s Snipe. 
English Snipe. See page 27 
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Macrorhamphus griseus. 
Dowitcher. 
Red=breasted Snipe. 
See page 275 
Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. 
Long-billed Dowitcher. 
Red-breasted Snipe. 
See page 275 
