. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . Avocet. Stilt. 96 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. Bill, nearly straight; top of head and nape, black; general upperplumage, glossy black; front of head and front of neck, rump, andunder parts, white; axillars, white; first primar3% dark, with darkshaft; legs, very long, rose pink in life; toes, three. Himantopus No. 106. Family SCOLOPACIDt?:. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, ETC. Toes, four (one exception, the Sanderling Sandpiper); bill, com-paratively slender and soft skinned; nasal grooves, narrow and l
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . Avocet. Stilt. 96 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. Bill, nearly straight; top of head and nape, black; general upperplumage, glossy black; front of head and front of neck, rump, andunder parts, white; axillars, white; first primar3% dark, with darkshaft; legs, very long, rose pink in life; toes, three. Himantopus No. 106. Family SCOLOPACIDt?:. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, ETC. Toes, four (one exception, the Sanderling Sandpiper); bill, com-paratively slender and soft skinned; nasal grooves, narrow and long(from one-half to two-thirds the length of the bill); nostrils, narrowslits; tail, short; wing (inmost species), long and pointed; hind toe(when present), always elevated above the level of the front toes;tarsus, with transverse scales.
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