370 



CHARADRI1DJ5. 



Numenius microrhynchns, Phil, fy Landb. Arch, fur Nat. 1868, 

 p. 129 (Chili) ; Gray, Hancl-l. B. iii. p. 43, no. 10256 (1871). 



Esquimaux Curlew, Blake-Enox, Zool. 1870, p. 2408 (Sligo) ; 

 Harvie-Brown, Zool. 1880, p. 485 (Kincardineshire). 



Phseopus horealis, Heine Sf Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 326 

 (1890). 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. Similar to N. hudsonicus, but 

 very small, more rufescent underneath, and easily distinguished by 

 its uniform primaries, which have no pale notches on the inner web, 

 but sometimes show slight indications of f recklings along the inner 

 margin ; the lower back and rump dark like the upper back, not 

 white ; the lower throat and chest streaked with blackish, the latter 

 having numerous sagittate markings, very distinct on the flanks ; 

 the axillaries and under wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous, barred with 

 dark brown : " bill brownish black, the lower mandible flesh-colour 

 at the base ; feet greyish blue, claws black ; iris dark brown " {J. 

 J. Audubon). Total length 13-5 inches, culmen 2-5, wing 8-6, 

 tail 3-2, tarsus 1-8. 



Adult female in breeding-plumage. Similar to the male. Total 

 length 14 inches, culmen 2*4, wing 8-7, tail 3-15, tarsus 1*8. 



Young. Recognized by the spotted character of the upper surface, 

 which is uniform brown, with scattered spots and notches of rufous- 

 buff on the plumage, especially on the innermost, secondaries ; the 

 streaks plentiful on the throat and neck ; the chest and breast with 

 irregular and sagittate markings of dusky brown, which are also 

 very distinct on the sides of the body. 



Hab. North America, wintering in South America. 



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North America. J. J. Audubon, Esq. 



St. Michael's,Alaska, May, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



July (E. W. Nelson: 



Hensh. Coll.) 

 Fort Good Hope. 

 Fort Simpson (B. McDonald). 

 Henley Harbour, Coast of 



Labrador, Aug. 23 (E. 



Coues) . 

 Henley Harbour, Aug. (E. Seebolmi Coll 



Coues). 

 Massachusetts, Sept. 10. 

 Massachusetts, Oct. 10 



{Hensh. Coll.). 

 Brownsville, Texas, March 



(F. B. Armstrong). 

 San Geronimo, Vera Paz, 



Guatemala, April {R. 



Owen). 

 Grenada, "West Indies, Sept. 



22 (D. W. Smith). 

 Barbados. 



B.R.Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Xavier, Brazil, Oct. {J. Nat- 

 ter er). 



Sir R. Schomburgk 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



