Scolopacidæ (skolopaside)

pl. [NL., The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary Scolopacidæ Scolopaceous Courlan ( Aramus scolopaceus). are more or le lengthened, usually bare above the suf fra go, scutellate or partly reticulate; there are four toes, with few exceptions, cleft to the base or furnished with one or two basal webs, never full-webbed nor lobate. The Scolopacidæ average of small size, like plovers; they nest almost always on the ground, and lay four pointedly pyriform eggs; the young are hatched downy, and run about at once. The family is of cosmopolitan distribution. See snipe, and cuts under Limosa, ruff, Rhy a cop hilus, Rhyn Scolopacinæ (skolo-pa-si'në), n. pl. [NL., che a, sandpiper, sanderling, and redshank. 5404