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2. N. Hudsonicus. Wing, 9.00-10.25 ; culmen, 3.00-4.00; tarsus, 2.25-2.30; middle toe, 



1.35-1.40. Lower parts pale butt', the breast marked with linear streaks ; inner webs of 

 primaries spotted with butt' toward edges ; axillars deeper buff", distinctly barred with 

 dusky ; crown uniform dusky, divided by a median stripe of pale buff. Hab. The whole 

 of America, including West Indies, but breeding only in the colder regions ; Greenland. 



3. N. borealis. Wing, 8.00-8.50 ; culmen, 2.25-2.50 ; tarsus, 1.70-1.80 ; middle toe, 1.00. 



Very similar to Hudsonicus, but breast with Y-shaped dusky markings, axillars pale cin- 

 namon, barred with dusky, inner webs of primaries uniform dusky, the whole crown 

 streaked, and without distinct median stripe. Hab. Northern and Eastern North 

 America, and Southern South America ; no West Indian record ; Greenland ; occasional 

 in Europe. 

 Rum}) immaculate white. 



4. N. phaeopus. Wing, 9.30-10.50 ; culmen, 3.00-3.60 ; tarsus, 2.30-2.50 ; middle toe, 



1.40. Similar to Hudsonicus, but whole rump immaculate white, and axillars white, 

 barred with grayish brown. Hab. Palaearctic, African, and Indo-Malayan regions ; 

 Greenland. 

 Thighs with elongated bristles, projecting far beyond the feathers. 



5. N. tahitiensis. Wing, 9.50-10.40 ; culmen, 2.70-3.70 ; tarsus, 2.00-2.40 ; middle toe, 



1.35-1.50. Upper tail-coverts and tail ochraceous, the latter regularly barred with dusky 

 brown ; crown dark brown, divided longitudinally by a wide medial stripe of buff ; 

 axillars pale cinnamon or pinkish l)utf, widely barred with dark brown. Hab. Pacific 

 Islands and coast of Alaska. 



Numenius longirostris. 



THE LONG-BILLED CURLEW. 



Scolopax arquata, var. |3, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 656. 



Numenius arquata, var. B. Lath. liul. Oru. II. 1790, 710. 



Numenius longirostris, AVils. Am. Oiu. VIII. 1814, 24, pi. 64, fig. 4. — Sw. & Etch. F. B. A. II. 



1831, 376. — NuTT. Man. II. 1834, 9L — Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 240 ; V. 1839, 587, pi. 



231 ;' Synop. 1839, 254 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 35, pi. 355. - Cass, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 743. 



— Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 549. — Coues, Key, 1872, 262 ; Check List, 1873, no. 441 ; 



2ded. 1882, no. 643 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 508. — PacGW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 558. 

 Numenius ruf us, Vieill. Gal. Ois. II. 1825, 118, pi. 245 (part). 

 Numenius occidentalis, Woodh. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. YI. 1852, 194 ; Sitgi-eaves' Eep. 1853, 98, 



pi. 6 (= young ; Albuquerque, N. M. ). 

 " ? Ntimenizis melanopus, Vieill." 

 "? Numenius brasiliensis, Max." 



Young. 



Hab. Temperate North America, migrating south to Guatemala. Cuba; Jamaica ; Brazil (?). 



Sp. Char. The largest American species of this genus. Bill very long, much curved, upper 

 mandible longer than the under, somewhat knobbed at the tip, wing rather long ; legs moderate ; 

 toes united at base. Entire upper parts pale rufou.s, tinged with ashy, every feather with trans- 



