. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . Fig. Wilson.) .stilt. (From Tenney, 612 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —LIMICOL^. Young: Mantle ashy-brown, each feather edged with whitish; wings black, but some of thequills whit
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . Fig. Wilson.) .stilt. (From Tenney, 612 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —LIMICOL^. Young: Mantle ashy-brown, each feather edged with whitish; wings black, but some of thequills white-tipped, the edge of the wing white, the coverts edged with pale ochre. Tail not so pearly gray as in theadults, with some irreg-ular dusky probably diflereul(skins afford no crite-rion). Chick, in d(>wn :Bill apparently blackish;legs pale. Under partswhite ; above, prettily mottled with black, brown, and tawnyor orange. U. S. generally, like the avocet rare eastward,abundant in the west, rather more southerly than the at the waters-edge or on heaped vegetation just abovethe surface in shallow water; eggs 4, pyriform, to to ; greenish-drab or pale brownish-olive to dark „ „ ^, , ,-,„., ochraccous, boldly marked aU over with spots and splashes ofFig. 427. —Black-necked Stilt, J i i I nat. size. (From Sclater.) 41. Family PHALAROPODID^: Phalaropes. This is likewise a small family ; the three species comprising it resemble sandpipers, butare immediately distinguished by the lobate feet; the toes are furnished with plain or scallopedmembranes, like those of coots and grebes, but not so broad. The body is depressed, and theunder plumage thick and duck-like to resist water, on which the birds swim with perfect easeand grace. The wings and tail are like those of ordinary sandpipers ; the tarsi are much com-pressed ; there is basal webbing of the toes besides the marginal membrane; the bill, and some(jther de
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