no Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 



* GROUP 6. Wing, 9 to t2 inches long. 

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



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

 bill, usually over four inches. Nnmenius ainericanus. 



Long-billed Curlew. Sickle-bill Curlew. 



See No. 131. 



First primary. 



Htidsonian Curlew. 



Axillars. 



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

 bill, under four inches. Xiiinenius hndsonicns. 



Hudsonian Curlew. Jack Curlew. 



See No. 1^2. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 21. 



