Shore Birds. 



225. American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana). 

 L. 16.5; B. 3.7. Ads. Head and neck rufous; belly 

 white; wings black and white. Yng. and Ads. in winter. 

 Similar, but head and neck grayish or whitish. 

 Notes. A rather musical, loud plee-eek hurriedly repeat- 

 ed. 



Range. — North America west of Mississippi; breeds from northern 

 States, central California and rarely Texas, north in the interior to 

 latitude 54 ° : winters from southern California and western Gulf 

 States to Central America and West Indies; casual on Atlantic coast. 



264. Long-billed Curlew (Numenius longirostris). 

 L. 24; B. 6., longest among our Snipe. Ads. Above 

 black and buffy; tail barred buffy and black; below 

 buffy, neck and breast finely streaked with dusky. 

 Yng, Similar, but buff deeper. 



Range.— North America; breeds on Atlantic coast from Florida to 

 North Carolina; in interior north to Manitoba and British Columbia: 

 later strays casuallv to Newfoundland and Ontario; winters from 

 Gulf States and southern California southward. 



265. Hudsonian Curlew (Numenius hudsonicus). 

 L. 17; B. 3.7. Ads. Less buff than No. 264; above 

 dark grayish brown and brownish gray; tail barred 

 with same; below white, breast streaked; sides barred 

 with blackish. 



Range.-North America: breeds in Arctic regions; winters south of 

 south of United States to South America. 



266. Eskimo Curlew {Numenius borealis) L. 13.5; 

 B. 2. Ads. Tail barred with grayish brown and 

 black; above blackish and buffy; below buff y,the breast 

 thickly streaked; sides barred with blackish. 



Range.- Eastern North America; breeds in Arctic regions; winters 

 south of United States to South America; migrates chiefly through 

 interior. 



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