ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE PLOVERS, SNIPES, AND IMMEDIATE ALLIES
Other Sandpipers
Agreeing with theGodwits, at least as regards the hard point of the bill, is another considerable genus of Sandpipers (Totanus), which, however, may be distinguished by their generally smaller size, non-webbed inner and middle toes, less grooved bill, and gape extending decidedly behind the base of the culmen.
In coloration the plumage is plain grayish or brownish above, more or less streaked with white or dusky, and white somewhat streaked or spotted with dusky below. As here considered, Totanus embraces nearly a dozen forms, but by others it is divided into some three or four genera; it is clearly an ancient type, as no less than five more or less satisfactory forms have been described from the lower Miocene or later.
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