. American game birds . ntly feed in shallow water byimmersing the head and sifting the soft mudwith their slender bills. BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himan-iopus mexicanus). These birds, which areeasily recognized by their striking black-and-white plumage and by the unusual lengthand slenderness of their red legs, are abun-dant in southwestern United States, breed-ing north to Oregon and Colorado andalong the Gulf coast to Florida and feed chiefly by wading and gleaningtiny insects from the surface of the water orfrom aquatic plants rising above the are smaU shore birds ha

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. American game birds . ntly feed in shallow water byimmersing the head and sifting the soft mudwith their slender bills. BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himan-iopus mexicanus). These birds, which areeasily recognized by their striking black-and-white plumage and by the unusual lengthand slenderness of their red legs, are abun-dant in southwestern United States, breed-ing north to Oregon and Colorado andalong the Gulf coast to Florida and feed chiefly by wading and gleaningtiny insects from the surface of the water orfrom aquatic plants rising above the are smaU shore birds hav-ing lobed webs on each toe, thus having excellent swimming power. Theirfeathers underneath are very closely set and waterproof. Wilson Phalarope,which has a chestnut stripe on the side of the neck, breeds in the interior, from Alberta south toTexas. Red and North-ernPhalaropes, the formerrufous below and the lat-ter with the neck largelyreddish-brown, breedin Arctic regions and mi-grate chiefly on the coastsor at AVOCETBLACK-NECKED STILT

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