264. Long-billed Curlew. 

 Numenius americanus. 



Range. — Breeds in the South Atlantic states 

 and northward in the interior to Manitoba and 

 British Columbia. 



This is the largest of the family of shore birds, 

 having a length of about 24 inches. Its plumage 

 is of a bully color, much variegated above with 

 black and brown; the bill is strongly curved down 

 ward and is from four to eight inches in length. 

 Their nests are located on the ground in meadows 



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SHORE BIRDS 





i i-reenish buff. 



or on the prairies, and three or four eggs are laid. 

 of a buff or greenish buff color, covered with 

 numerous spots of brownish black. Eggs of the 

 common Curlew of Europe, have been very fre- 

 quently used as belonging to this species, but the 

 eggs of our species have a lighter and more 

 greenish ground, and the spots are smaller and 

 more numerous. Size. 2.50x1.80. 





Lon 





265. Hudsonian Curlew. Numenius hudsonicus. 



Range. — Whole of North America, breeding in the Arctic regions and win- 

 tering south of the United States. 



This species is smaller (length 

 17 inches), darker, more grayish 

 and ha a shorter bill than the pre- 

 '.: also ha > white 

 median an I I stripes on the 



top of the he id. r ' " i n ■ nesting hab- 

 H are 1 1 those of 1 he 



Long-billed the t hree or 



four eggs have a brownish bull 

 ground color and are blotched with 

 blackish brown. Size 2.25 \ L.60. 

 Data. McKenzie River, Arctic 

 America. \est a pile of grass, 



moss and weeds on an Island in 



i be i-i\ er. 





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