FAMILY SCOLOPACIDÆ
(Snipes, etc.)
Bill long and slender; toes four, the hind one weak and elevated, very rarely wanting.
118. Recurvirostra (Avocet). Bill very long, slender, weak, much curved upwards, pointed; legs long, slender; front toes connected as far as the second joint; hind toe very small.
119. Phaláropus (Phalarope). Bill as long as the head, slender, weak, depressed and blunt; front toes connected as far as the first joint, and bordered by a lobed and slightly serrated membrane; hind toe not bordered.
120. Scólopax (Woodcock). Bill long, compressed, superior ridge elevated at base of mandible, prominent. Legs rather short, anterior toes almost entirely divided.
121. Gallinágo (Snipe). Bill very long; legs rather long and slender; anterior toes divided to the base.