. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 13 ORt>tR < 14 ORDER 9. SHORE BIRDS. Limicolae. Comparatively small, long legged, slender-billedbirds seen running along edges of ponds or beaches. PHALAROPES. PhalaropodidcP.—Toes with lobedwebs. AVOCETS, STILTS. Recurvirostridff:—Avocet,with slender recurved bill, and webbed feet; stilt,with straight bill, very long legs, toes not webbed. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. Family Scolopa-cid(r:—Bills very variable but slender, and all, ex-cept the Woodcock, with long pointed wings; flightusually swift and erratic.
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 13 ORt>tR < 14 ORDER 9. SHORE BIRDS. Limicolae. Comparatively small, long legged, slender-billedbirds seen running along edges of ponds or beaches. PHALAROPES. PhalaropodidcP.—Toes with lobedwebs. AVOCETS, STILTS. Recurvirostridff:—Avocet,with slender recurved bill, and webbed feet; stilt,with straight bill, very long legs, toes not webbed. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. Family Scolopa-cid(r:—Bills very variable but slender, and all, ex-cept the Woodcock, with long pointed wings; flightusually swift and erratic. PLOVERS. Family Charadrildfr:—Bill short andstout; three toes. TURNSTONES. Family Aphrizidcr:—Bill short,stout and slightly up-turned; four toes. OYSTER-CATCHERS. Family Hocmatopodidcp: —Bill long, heavy and compressed; legs and toes stout;three toes slightly webbed at base. JACANAS. Family Jacanidfr:—Bill with leaf-likeshield at the base; legs and toes extremely long andslender; sharp spur on wing. ORDER 10. FOWLS Gallinae. Ground kirds of robust form; bill hen-like; wingsshort a
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