KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS 
OF FLORIDA. 176) 
Tringa canutus. 
Length, 8.75; Wing, 5.20; Tarsus, 1; Bill, 1.30. 
Upper parts gray, showing faint purplish reflec- 
tions. 
Length, 8; Wing, 5.20; Tarsus, 1.60; Bill, 1.20. Back 
olive green spotted with white ; axillars barred. 
Length, 8; Wing, 5.20; Tarsus, 1.60; Bill, 1.60. Legs 
long; upper tail coverts barred with black and 
white in summer; white in winter. 
Length, 7.90; Wing, 4.90; Tarsus, 1.05; Bill, 1.60. 
Upper beily black in breeding plumage. In win- 
ter breast gray, shafts of the feathers brown. 
Length, 5.40; Wing, 3.80; Tarsus, .90; Bill, 1.10. 
A small web between the toes, 
Tringa maculata. 
Tringa maritima. 
Purple Sandpiper. See page 277 
Totanus solitarius. 
Solitary Sandpiper. See page 284 
Micropalama himantopus. 
Stilt Sandpiper. See page 276 
Tringa alpina pacifica. 
Red-backed Sandpiper. 
American Dunlin. See page 279 
Ereunetes occidentalis. 
Western Sandpiper. See page 280 
Length under 10; wing under 6; bill 1 or less; toes four in number. 
Length, 8; Wing, 5.30; Tarsus, 1.10; Bill, .80. Breast 
buff or grayish buff. 
Tryngites subruficollis. 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 
See page 287 
