. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. SCOLOPACIDiE, SNIPE, ETC. — GEN. 212, 213. 257 scapulars; below, uniform browiiLsh-red, much as iu the robin, fiiding into white on the flanks and crissum; upper tail coverts white with dusky bars ; tail feathers and secondaries grayish-ash with white edges; quills blackish, gray on the inner webs and with white shafts; bill and feet blackish.
. 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. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. SCOLOPACIDiE, SNIPE, ETC. — GEN. 212, 213. 257 scapulars; below, uniform browiiLsh-red, much as iu the robin, fiiding into white on the flanks and crissum; upper tail coverts white with dusky bars ; tail feathers and secondaries grayish-ash with white edges; quills blackish, gray on the inner webs and with white shafts; bill and feet blackish. Young : above clear ash, with numerous black-aud-white semicircles ; below white, more or less tinged with reddish, dusky-speckled on breast, wavy- barred on sides. Atlantic coast, abundant. Wils., vii, 36, 43, pi. 57, f. 2, 5; NuTT., ii, 125; Aud.,v, 254, pi. 328; Cass, in Bd., 715. canutus. plX- \ 212. Genus CALIDRIS Cuvier. Scmderling. Ruddy Plover. No hind toe; otherwise, form exactly as in Trlnga proper; 7J-8 ; wing 4J-5 ; tail 2J; bill about 1; tarsus 1 or rather less; middle toe and claw f. Adult in summer: head, neck and upper parts varied with black, ashy and bright reddish; below from the breast pure white; tail except central feathers light ash, nearly white; ])rimaries gray with blackish edges and tips, the shafts of all and bases of most, white ; secondaries white except a space at the end, and greater coverts broadly Avhite-tipped ; bill and feet black. Adult in winter, and young : little or no reddish ; speckled with black and white, or ash and white, below white, sometimes tawny-tinged on the jngulum. N. Am., coastwise, abundant. Wils., vii, 68, 129, pi. 59, f. 4; pi. 63, f. 3; ii, 4; Aud., v, 287, pi. 338; Cass, in Bd., 723. . Fig. 167. Foot of Sanderling 213. Genus LIMOSA Brisson. W"^ Great Marbled Godwit. Marlin. Tail barred throughout with black and rufous ; rumjD and upjDer tail coverts like the back ; no pure white anywhere. Genera
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