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The young bird has a well-developed but straight bill 

 more than an inch long when hatched ; he runs about on 

 strong legs within an hour of his emancipation from tlie 

 shell. 



265. HUDSONIAN CURLEW, OR JACK CURLEW 



Numenius hudsonicus. 



Family : The Snipes and Sandpipers. 



Length: 16.50-18.00. 



Adults: Upper parts mottled and barred with pale 

 cinnamon -brown and blackish ; line through the 

 crown bnfFy, bordered with two brown stripes ; under 

 parts buff, nari'owly streaked with blackish. 

 Downy Young: Bnffy brown above, merging to lemon- 

 yellow below; upper parts indistinctly mottled with dusky. 

 Geographical Distribution : Nearly the whole of North and 

 South America ; south in winter. 

 Breeding Range : Arctic regions. 

 Breeding Season: June 15 to July 15. 

 Nest : A slight hollow, scantily lined with grasses. 



Eggs : 4 ; pear-shaped, grayish yellow, coarsely scrawled 

 ,'ith chocolate and brown. Size 2.27 X 1.57. 



The Hudsonian Curlew occurs 

 throughout North America, breed- 

 ing at the ponds and lakes of tiie 

 arctic regions and in all parts 

 In ( alifornia it is abundant as 

 a s[)ring and fall migrant, and is found 

 on the coast in company with tlie long- 

 billed curlew and the jack-snii)e. JJke 

 the others, it is a conspicuous bird on the beach or 

 flying in tiiangnlar flocks over the edge of the water; 

 like the loiig-billcMl curlew, it drops its feet and raises 



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