. 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 . 640 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —LIMICOL^. in N. U. S. and northward, if not also through most of its U. S. range; winters altogetheror chiefly extraJimital. Abundant during the migration
. 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 . 640 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —LIMICOL^. in N. U. S. and northward, if not also through most of its U. S. range; winters altogetheror chiefly extraJimital. Abundant during the migrations; a shy, quiet inhabitant of wet woodsand meadows and secluded pools, rather than of the marshes. Eggs stUl (1883 !) desiderata;but see Bull. Nuttall Club, iii, 1878, p. 197; New England Bird Life, ii, 1883, p. 240; andBull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 26, p. TRINGOIDES. (Gr. rpiyyas, truggas, Lat. Iryngas, or trmga, a sandpiper; eI8os, eidos, re-semblance.) Spotted Sandpipers. Bill straight, only about as long as head or tarsus, groovedfor about three-fourths its length. Tibiae scarcely denuded for half the length of tarsus. Tar-sus about as long as middle toe and claw. Outer and middle toes webbed for the length oftheir first joints; inner cleft. Tail fully half as long as the wing. Upper parts glossy,under spotted on white ground; biU and feet pale. Of small size. 638. T. macularius. (Lat. jreacMZariws
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