. 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 . d : THE SXIPE FAMILY. 801 d. The Godwits (Limosa), in which we find the same very long, wholly grooved, andextremely sensitive bill, wliich, however, is not dilated at
. 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 . d : THE SXIPE FAMILY. 801 d. The Godwits (Limosa), in which we find the same very long, wholly grooved, andextremely sensitive bill, wliich, however, is not dilated at end, nor furrowed on culmen, and isbent sligJitly upward ; the gape, as before, is exceedingly constricted. Tiie toes show a basalweb. These are rather large birds, witli ctdors and general aspect of Curlews, but bill not de-curved, and tarsi scutellate behind. They frequent marshes, bays, and estuaries, and are amongthe miscellaneous assortment of birds collectively designated Bay-snipe. There are only .jor 6 species, of the single genus Limosa. e. Sandpipers {Tringa, etc.) are a rather extensive group, notable for the variation inminor details of form shown with almost every species — a fact that has caused the erec-tion of a number of Tmnecessary genera. Here the bill retains much of the sensitiveness of aSnipes, and tlie gajie is likewise restricted ; but the bill is much shorter, averaging about equal. Fio. 557.—American Snipe, about J nat. size. (Kroiu hieia to head. One tiivial feature affords a good clew to this gnuip: tiie tail-featln-r^ an- plain-colored, or with simple edgings, while in almost all species of other groups these featlu-rs arebarred crosswise. In Sandpipers .seasonal changes of i)lumage are very great; proportion.^ oflegs and webbing of toes are variable witli tlie species, but the toes are cleft to base (except inJMicroprdama and Ereunctes), and 4 in nunib«r (except in C(didiis). Sandpipers belong par-ticularly to the Nortliern Hemisph
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