246 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
Genus MICROPALAMA Barrp. 
MICROPALAMA HIMANTOPUS (Sozap.). 
Stilt Sandpiper. 
Adult in summer: Legs long; entire plumage dull 
white and dark brown, being banded on the under parts 
with dark brown and the upper parts streaked with dark 
‘ brown; a stripe of chestnut brown above and below the eye, the former 
hh, y/ . extending backwards and joining at the occiput ; secondaries edged with 
ea Hi tawny brown. 
y Adult in winter: Upper plumage gray; feathers on the back edged 
with white; breast pale buff slightly mottled, shading into dull white on 
- the upper throat; belly duli white ; bill black. 
Length, 8.20; Wing, 5; Tarsus, 1.65; Bill, 1.60. 
This species ranges from the Arctic Circle to South America, being 
abundant on the Atlantic coast during the migrations; it is common in Flor- 
ida. It has the general appearance of a very diminutive Summer Yellow- 
legs, having olive green legs instead of yellow. 
It breeds in the far north; the eggs are pale buffy white, spotted with 
brown. 
Genus TRINGA Linn. 
Suscenus TRINGA. 
TRINGA CANUTUS Zinn. 
Knot. Robin Snipe. 
Male in summer: Under parts except lower 
belly reddish brown; lower belly white; a stripe 
of reddish brown over the eye; back and wing 
coverts mottled gray, black and tawny. 
Adult in winter: Entire upper parts ashy gray; 
the shafts of the feathers on the back showing dark 
brown; a superciliary stripe, dull white; throat 
white; breast showing slight gray marking; belly 
white; legs black; bill black. 
Length, 10.60; Wing, 6.70; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, 1.30. 
This species breeds in the Arctic 
regions, occurring on the Atlantic coast during migrations; it is common 
