of the District of MontreaL 361 



Dorsal aspect. Crown of head dark brown with a medial line 

 of greyish white ; an oval spot between the eye and nostrils, and 

 line over the eye white ; a streak of dark grey between the angle 

 of the month and the eye ; cheeks, sides of the neck, and nape 

 greyish white with brown streaks ; whole dorsal region, includ- 

 ing the axillaries, wing and tail coverts, and rump, pale dusky 

 brown, with an occasional violet iridescence, the edges of the 

 feathers having a worn appearance, the outer vanes of the ax- 

 illaries especially having a serrated and worn appearance ; tail 

 square, dusky brown inclining to a rufous tinge at the base, 

 barred with blackish brown. The shaft of the 1st primary white, 

 that of the next pale brown, all the others deep brown ; the quills 

 brownish black barred with greyish white on the inner vanes, and 

 on the outer vanes of all except the three first primaries ; the 

 long axillaries not barred. 



Ventral aspect. Chin, belly and vent white ; throat and breast 

 greyish white streaked with dusky which is d^irkest on the throat ; 

 flank and lateral tail feathers rufous white, barred with dusky 

 brown ; wing linings salmon colour barred with dusky brown ; 

 centre tail feathers white. 



1st primary longest; long scapulary feather?, equal to the 5th 

 primary; length of the bill 3j- inches; length of the bird 17|- 

 inches; alar expanse 28j inches. 



iV. horealis. Small Esquimaux Curlew. 

 N. hrevirostris of Temminck 1 

 Scolopax horealis of Forster ! 

 iV". (^Phacopus) horealis. Baird! 



v.s.p. Bill slender, brownish black ; legs and feet olive black ; 

 irides hazel ; eggs 4, spotted with light umber brown. 



Dorsal aspect. Blackish with a medial line of greyish white; 

 sides of crown brownish white ; streak from the nostrils brown, 

 prolonged behind the eye to above the auriculars ; nape and sides 

 of neck brownish, with streaks of a darker tint ; interscapulary 

 region, scapulars, long axillary feathers, greater and smaller wing 

 coverts blackish brown, with rufous white marginal spots of a 

 triangular shape ; tail coverts and tail rufous white, barred with 

 blackish brown ; belly and vent rufous white. 



Ventral aspect. Chin white ; throat and breast, with the sides 

 of the latter rufous white, streaked with blackish brown, and 

 barred with a V shaped spot of the same colour on the breast; 



