. 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. Birds; Birds. SCOL OP A CID^ : TA TTLEBS. 637 longer than head, straight, its tip not expanded, knobbed, nor notably sensitive; grooved about half its length only; culnaen not furro
. 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. Birds; Birds. SCOL OP A CID^ : TA TTLEBS. 637 longer than head, straight, its tip not expanded, knobbed, nor notably sensitive; grooved about half its length only; culnaen not furrowed. Gape of mouth reaching beyond base of culmen. Bill much stouter than usual in Tattlers. Legs stout. Feet semipalmate, with decided web between inner and middle as well as outer and middle toes. Tarsus longer than middle toe and claw, scuteUate before and behind. (General characters of Totanus at large, but bill and feet stout, latter bluish, and toes semipalmate. See fig. 49.) One N. Am. species. «32. S. semipalma'ta. (Lat. semipalmata, half-webbed. Fig. 444.) Sbmipalmated Tattler. WiLLET. Adult (J 9 , in summer : Upper parts ashy, confoundedly speckled to greater or less extent with black- ish ; this sometimes giving the prevailing tone, but in lighter col- ored cases the blackish restricted to an irregu- lar central field on each feather, throwing out angular processes and tending to become transverse bars. When suoli dark fields pre- vail, the upper parts, become quite blackish, speckled with ashy- white, like Totanus melanoleucus, for ex- ample. Furthermore, there is often a slight ru- fescenoe. Under parts white, sometimes vrith a rufous or brownish tinge, the jugulum and breast spotted and streaked,. the sides barred or arrow-headed, with brownish-black. Axillars and lining of wing, edge of wing and primary coverts, sooty-blacldsh. Primaries blackish, with a great space white at base, partly overlaid and concealed by the primary coverts, partly showing conspicuously
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