no FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ZOOLOGY, VOL. IX. 



* GROUP 6. Wing, 9 to 12 inches long. 

 SECTION 1. Toes, four; bill, curved downward. 



Axillars, reddish brown, with narrow black marks; belly, buff; 

 bill, usually over four inches. Numenius americanus. 



Long-billed Curlew. Sickle-bill Curlew. 



See No. 131. 



First primary. 



Hudsonian Curlew. 



Axillars. 



Axillars, banded with slaty brown and dull white; belly, whitish; 

 bill, under four inches. Numenius hudsonicus. 



Hudsonian Curlew. Jack Curlew. 



See No. 132. 



* For directions for measurement, see page ai. 



