FAMILY SCOLOPACID. — SNIPE, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWSs, ETC. 123 
* Group 6. Wing, 9 to 12 inches long. 
Section 1. Toes, four; bill, curved downward. 
Axillars. 
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=S SS 
Axillars, reddish brown with narrow black marks; belly, buff; bill, usually over 
Numenius longirostris. Long=billed Curlew. Sickle-bill Curlew 
four inches. 
See No. 217. 
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itty 
Axillars, banded with Lath Ih, 
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slaty brown and dull whitej; 
belly, whitish: bill, under four 
inches. 
Jack Curlew. 
Hudsonian Curlew. 
See No. 218. 
First primary. Hudsonian Curlew. Axillars. 
Section 2. Toes, four; bill, curved upward, or nearly 
straight. 
Axillars, rufous; primaries, rufous, 
dotted with black. 
Limosa fedoa. Marbled Godwit. 
See No, 203. 
Limosa ftedoa. 
* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 
